Regulation 73 Procedure for assessments

(1)

In making any assessments or adjustments under regulations 70, 71 and 72, the scheme administrator may—

(a)

use data available in relation to a relevant authority relating to the years before the assessment year or data relating to the assessment year, to the extent that such data can be verified by the scheme administrator;

(b)

supplement that data with any comparative data which the scheme administrator considers relevant; and

(c)

use a standard model adjusted to reflect the factors specific to the relevant authority, including any or all of the following factors—

(i)

the frequency, pattern and type of collections of household packaging waste in the area of that authority (“the relevant area”);

(ii)

the population density in the relevant area;

(iii)

the type and accessibility of dwellings in the relevant area;

(iv)

the levels of deprivation in the relevant area;

(v)

government policies and the regulatory requirements affecting waste management to which the authority is subject;

(vi)

any other factor the scheme administrator considers relevant to the assessment.

(2)

The scheme administrator must, in making any of the assessments and adjustments referred to in paragraph (1)—

(a)

subject to paragraph (3), consult with the relevant authority concerned;

(b)

seek to support the achievement of the effects set out in the policy statement published under regulation 127; and

(c)

seek to incentivise—

(i)

the prevention of packaging becoming waste;

(ii)

an increase in the reuse of packaging, and the quality and quantity of packaging waste materials recycled; and

(iii)

a reduction in the disposal of packaging waste;

(d)

take into account the guidance published by the scheme administrator under paragraph 6 of Schedule 7.

(3)

Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply in relation to any assessment made in relation to the 2025 assessment year.

(4)

The scheme administrator may request from the relevant authority any information needed to enable it to make the assessments and adjustments referred to in paragraph (1).