Regulation 43 Obligations of compliance schemes

(1)

A compliance scheme must be—

(a)

approved in accordance with regulation 47; and

(b)

registered in accordance with regulation 51, for each year that the scheme operates.

(2)

A compliance scheme must have a single scheme operator, which must be a person established in the United Kingdom.

(3)

The scheme operator must, in relation to a relevant year, carry out such of the following obligations that every producer who is a member of the compliance scheme would have had but for membership of the scheme—

(a)

the registration obligations under regulation 25(1)(a) and Chapter 1 of Part 3;

(b)

the reporting obligations under regulation 25(1)(c) and (d) and Chapter 2 of Part 3;

(c)

the recycling obligations under regulations 25(2)(a) and 40.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3), Part 3 applies to a scheme operator to the extent, and with the modifications, set out in regulation 44.

(5)

Paragraph (3) is subject to regulation 46 in relation to a producer who joins or leaves a compliance scheme during a relevant year.

(6)

The scheme operator must—

(a)

keep records, and submit reports to the appropriate agency, in accordance with regulation 55; and

(b)

submit an annual statement of compliance to the appropriate agency in accordance with regulation 56.