# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/regulation/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-43
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