Regulation 4 Exemption from the application of sections 45AZA and 45AZB of the Act

(1)

Sections 45AZA and 45AZB of the Act do not apply in relation to arrangements for the collection of waste from businesses which are micro-firms until 31st March 2027.

(2)

A business is a micro-firm if, at the time these Regulations come into force, its full-time equivalent employee number is less than ten.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2), the full-time equivalent employee number of a business is calculated by adding together—

(a)

the total number of full-time employees of the business; and

(b)

for each employee of the business who is not a full time employee, a fraction which represents the sum of the total number of hours worked over the previous twelve weeks divided by the number of weeks in which that employee worked at least one hour, as a proportion of the number of contracted hours per week of a full-time employee.

(4)

In this regulation, “business” means any person carrying on an activity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, from—

(a)

relevant non-domestic premises under section 45AZA(11) of the Act; or

(b)

premises producing relevant waste to which section 45AZB of the Act applies.