# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Regulation 118: Further offences


(1) A person who provides any information to the appropriate agency in connection with that agency’s functions under these Regulations, or who provides to a scheme operator any information referred to in regulation 45(1), commits an offence if—
(a) the information is false or misleading in a material particular; and
(b) the person provides the information knowing it to be false or misleading, or being reckless as to whether it is false or misleading.
(2) It is an offence for a person to fail without reasonable excuse—
(a) to comply with any requirement imposed in a notice under regulation 110(1); or
(b) to give an officer of an appropriate agency any assistance or information which that officer reasonably requires in the exercise of their powers under regulation 112.
(3) It is an offence for a person intentionally to delay or obstruct a person authorised by the appropriate agency—
(a) in carrying out monitoring under regulation 109; or
(b) in the exercise of their powers under regulation 112.
(4) Where in accordance with Schedule 9 there is a group registration, the holding company commits an offence if it does not comply with an obligation referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) or (2)(a) or (b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 9.
(5) A person commits an offence if that person fails to comply with a compliance notice imposed, or an enforcement undertaking given and accepted, under regulation 121.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/regulation/118 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-118
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