Regulation 28 Application for producer registration

(1)

A producer who is required by regulation 25(1)(a) to be registered for a relevant year must submit an application for producer registration to the appropriate agency—

(a)

in relation to 2025, on or before 1st April 2025;

(b)

in relation to 2026 or any subsequent year, on or before—

(i)

1st October in the year preceding the relevant year, in the case of a large producer who is one or more of the classes of producer in regulation 15(1)(b)(i) to (vi); or

(ii)

1st April in the relevant year, in the case of—

(aa)

a large producer who is a seller and no other class of producer; or

(bb)

a small producer.

(2)

A producer who is required by regulation 27(4)(b) to register after taking over the activities of another producer must submit an application for producer registration to the appropriate agency—

(a)

on or before the date on which the first producer referred to in regulation 27 would have been required to apply for registration under paragraph (1); or

(b)

if later, before the end of a period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the producer begins to carry on the activities of the first producer.

(3)

Where any of the following occurs after the date specified in paragraph (1) or (2) by which an application for producer registration must be submitted for a relevant year—

(a)

a person becomes a producer in respect of that year, but is not a member of a compliance scheme;

(b)

the producer is given notice that an application by the producer for registration for the relevant year is refused; or

(c)

a producer is a member of a compliance scheme and—

(i)

the producer is given notice that the application for registration of the compliance scheme for the relevant year is refused, or the registration of the compliance scheme is cancelled; or

(ii)

the producer ceases to be a member of the compliance scheme,

an application, or further application, for producer registration must be submitted by the producer before the end of a period of 28 days beginning with the day on which that event occurs.

(4)

Paragraph (3) applies where an event in sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph occurs, irrespective of whether the scheme operator had previously submitted an application for producer registration in relation to the producer for the relevant year.