# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Regulation 32: Cancellation of registration of producers


(1) The appropriate agency may cancel the registration of a producer where it appears to the appropriate agency that—
(a) the producer is in breach of any of the conditions in regulation 31;
(b) the producer knowingly or recklessly supplied to a scheme operator information which is false or misleading in a material particular, to be used in connection with an application for the producer’s registration; or
(c) the applicant for producer registration knowingly or recklessly supplied information which is false or misleading in a material particular, in connection with the application, or in connection with compliance with any of the conditions in regulation 31.
(2) The appropriate agency must cancel the registration of a producer where—
(a) it appears to the appropriate agency that any of the circumstances referred to in regulation 27(1) apply in relation to the producer; or
(b) it is notified that the producer—
(i) has become a member of a compliance scheme and been registered by the scheme operator pursuant to regulation 43(3)(a); or
(ii) has otherwise ceased to be subject to producer responsibility obligations in respect of the relevant year.
(3) Before cancelling a registration under paragraph (1) or (2), the appropriate agency must serve on the producer concerned written notice of—
(a) its decision to cancel the registration;
(b) the reasons for the decision;
(c) the date when cancellation will take effect, not being earlier than—
(i) in the case of cancellation under paragraph (1) or (2)(a), the expiration of the time limit in paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 11, as applicable, for bringing an appeal against the notice; or
(ii) in the case of cancellation under paragraph (2)(b), 5 working days after the date of the notice;
(d) the right of appeal under regulation 104(1)(b), where applicable; and
(e) if the cancellation is under paragraph (1), and the grounds for cancellation constitute an offence, a statement identifying which offence in regulation 115 or 118 it appears to the appropriate agency is being committed by the producer.
(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply where a registration is being cancelled because the producer has died.
(5) The appropriate agency must inform the scheme administrator if it cancels the registration of a producer who is a liable producer under regulation 60.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/regulation/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-32
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