Regulation 60 Liability of producers to pay annual disposal and administration fees

(1)

A producer is a liable producer in relation to an assessment year if, in the calendar year ending on the 31st December preceding the start of that assessment year, the producer—

(a)

is a brand owner, a packer/filler, an importer or first UK owner, a distributor, an online marketplace operator or a service provider;

(b)

is a large producer; and

(c)

supplies household packaging.

(2)

A producer must, for each assessment year in relation to which the producer is a liable producer, pay to the scheme administrator in accordance with regulation 68—

(a)

a disposal fee; and

(b)

an administration fee.

(3)

The scheme administrator must for each assessment year, as soon as reasonably practicable after the start of the assessment year—

(a)

calculate for each liable producer the amounts of—

(i)

the disposal fee payable by that producer, in accordance with regulations 61 to 64 and 66; and

(ii)

the administration fee payable by that producer, in accordance with regulations 65 and 66; and

(b)

serve a notice of liability on each liable producer in accordance with regulation 67.

(4)

In relation to corporate bodies that are registered with the appropriate agency as a group under paragraph 4 of Schedule 9, this Chapter applies subject to the modifications in paragraph 6 of Schedule 9.