Paragraph 12 Operational plan

(1)

The scheme administrator must publish an operational plan each year by 28th February setting out—

(a)

its priorities for the financial year starting on the following 1st April (“the operational year”);

(b)

forecasts of—

(i)

the total amount of chargeable disposal costs of all relevant authorities in the operational year;

(ii)

the amounts of public information disposal costs and administration costs the scheme administrator expects to incur in the operational year;

(iii)

the amounts of disposal fees and administration fees it will seek to recover in the operational year;

(c)

the approach it proposes to take in the operational year to calculating disposal fees payable by liable producers and assessing chargeable disposal costs of relevant authorities under Part 6;

(d)

the public information campaigns and other communications activities it proposes to conduct in the operational year;

(e)

any other activities it intends to carry out in the operational year; and

(f)

the key performance indicators it will apply.

(2)

Before publishing the operational plan, the scheme administrator must send a draft of its proposed operational plan to each appropriate authority and allow the authority at least one month to make representations to it on the plan.

(3)

The scheme administrator must take any representations made to it under sub-paragraph (2) into account in finalising its operational plan.

(4)

If the scheme administrator makes any changes to its operational plan, it must publish an updated version as soon as reasonably possible.