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The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

S.R. 2023/106 · Made 27 June 2023 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Environmental Protection

Made 27th June 2023

Coming into operation 30th June 2023

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 4(1) and paragraphs 11 and 20 of Schedule 1 to, the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (“the 2002 Order”)f1 and now vested in itf2.

In accordance with Article 4, paragraph (3) and (4) of the 2002 Order, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has consulted—

  1. (a)

    district councils and such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of district councils as it considers appropriate;

  2. (b)

    such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of industry, agriculture and businesses as it considers appropriate; and,

  3. (c)

    such other bodies or persons as it considers appropriate.

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (1.1.2025) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1332), reg. 1(2), Sch. 17 para. 1(f) (with reg. 12, Sch. 15)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2002/3153 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.R. 2010/92, S.R. 2011/127, S.I. 2011/2911, 2011 c.23, S.I. 2012/2788, S.I. 2013/3135, S.I. 2017/1200. S.R. 2018/215 and S.I. 2019/584.

f2

The Department of the Environment was dissolved by Section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016, its functions for the purposes of these Regulations were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
  3. 3Interpretation
  4. 4Establishment in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom
  5. 5Packaging and packaging categories
  6. 6Producers
  7. 7Supply
  8. 8Threshold criteria for large and small producers
  9. 9Monitoring
  10. 10Approved persons
  11. 11Schedule 1: Collection and reporting information
  12. 12Schedule 2: Licensors and Pub Operating businesses
  13. Signature
  14. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement interpretationF1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023.

(2)

These Regulations come into operation on 30th June 2023.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

2Amendment of the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023F1

The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023f1 are amended as follows.

3InterpretationF1

In regulation 2(2) (interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “brand owner”, for “8(2)” substitute “8(2B) read with 8(2A)”;

(b)

omit the definition of “recovery”.

4Establishment in Northern Ireland and the United KingdomF1

In regulation 3 (establishment in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom)—

(a)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

for “countries in”, substitute “nations of”;

(ii)

for “countries”, the second time it occurs, substitute “nations”;

(b)

in paragraph (4), for “country” substitute “nation”;

(c)

in paragraph (5), for “country” substitute “nation”.

5Packaging and packaging categoriesF1

In regulation 6(3) (packaging and packaging categories), for “rules” substitute “application of the criteria”.

6ProducersF1

In regulation 8 (producers)—

(a)

for paragraph (2), substitute—

“(2)

Unless paragraph (3A) applies, and subject to paragraph (2C), a brand owner is a producer in relation to—

(a)

filled packaging on which that brand owner’s, brand appears;

(b)

any packaging contained within, or forming part of, branded packaging (whether or not that packaging is branded).”;

(b)

after paragraph (2), insert—

“(2A)

Subject to paragraph (2C), when more than one brand appears on filled packaging, the owner of the brand who makes the first supply of the filled packaging is to be treated as the brand owner and producer in relation to that packaging.

(2B)

In this regulation—

  • “brand” means a brand name, trade mark or other distinctive mark;

  • “branded packaging” means packaging on which the brand owner’s brand appears; and,

  • “brand owner” means, subject to paragraph (2A), a person whose brand appears on an item of filled packaging.

(2C)

Where a number of different individual branded products or unbranded products (or both) are grouped together to be sold as a single sales unit—

(a)

the brand owner for an individual branded product within the sales unit is a producer in relation to the branded packaging on that individual product; and,

(b)

the packer/filler is a producer in relation to any unbranded packaging within the sales unit which is filled by the packer/filler.”;

(c)

after paragraph (3), insert—

“(3A)

A packer/filler is also a producer—

(a)

where—

(i)

the packer/filler has filled packaging;

(ii)

the packer/filler has put a brand on the packaging to assist with distribution and not at the request of the brand owner;

(iii)

there is no other brand on the packaging;

(b)

for any packaging which the packer/filler adds to branded packaging otherwise than at the request of the brand owner.”;

(d)

in paragraph (4), in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i)

at the end of paragraph (ii), omit “or”;

(ii)

for paragraph (iii), substitute—

“(iii)

where the brand owner is responsible for the import of the packaging, but is not a large producer under these Regulations; or”;

(iii)

after paragraph (iii), insert—

“(iv)

where the brand owner is not established in the United Kingdom.”;

(e)

after paragraph (4), insert—

“(4A)

An importer is also a producer in relation to any packaging imported by the importer into, and discarded in, the United Kingdom.”

7SupplyF1

In regulation 11 (supply)—

(a)

after paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)

In these Regulations, an importer is to be treated as “supplying” packaging or packaging materials which the importer imports into and discards in the United Kingdom.”;

(b)

in paragraph (2), for “functions” substitute “actions”.

8Threshold criteria for large and small producersF1

In regulation 12(9)(a) and (b) (threshold criteria for large and small producers), for “and 4(b)” substitute “, (4)(b), (5)(b) and (6)(b)”.

9MonitoringF1

In regulation 24 (monitoring), omit paragraphs (2) and (5).

10Approved personsF1

In regulation 25(2) (approved persons), after sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“(ba)

is a limited liability partnership, a member of that partnership;”.

11Schedule 1: Collection and reporting informationF1

(1)

Schedule 1 (collection and reporting information) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 10(3)(b)—

(a)

at the end of sub-paragraph (i), omit “and”;

(b)

omit sub-paragraph (ii).

(3)

In paragraph 13—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1), in the opening words, for “reporting” substitute “relevant”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

“(3)

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to imported packaging which has been discarded in the United Kingdom by an importer.”;

(4)

Omit paragraph 14.

(5)

In paragraph 15(c), for “of household” substitute “of unfilled household”.

(6)

For paragraph 16 substitute—

“16.
(1)

 Where the producer has instituted a system of reusing reusable packaging, a description of that system, including the following information––

(i)

the weight in kilograms of all the packaging supplied during the relevant period that is reusable or refillable;

(ii)

the weight in kilograms of the packaging which is primary packaging.

(2)

The information provided under sub-paragraph (1) must be given for each packaging category supplied by the producer in the relevant period.

(3)

The producer need only include information on the reusable household packaging in the year in which it is first supplied.”.

(7)

In paragraph 17(1), after “the producer” insert “in the relevant period in each packaging category”.

(8)

In paragraph 22, for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)

For the purposes of reports submitted in relation to the relevant years 2024, 2025 and 2026, but not in relation to any later years, producers who are—

(a)

sellers who supply secondary or tertiary packaging may estimate the amount of packaging which had been supplied to a nation of the United Kingdom in order to calculate the weight of packaging supplied to that nation;

(b)

importers who import secondary or tertiary packaging may estimate the amount of packaging discarded in a nation of the United Kingdom in order to calculate the weight of packaging discarded in that nation.”.

(9)

In paragraph 23—

(a)

in paragraph (1), at the end insert “and sent for recycling”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (5), insert—

“(6)

“Relevant packaging waste” includes reusable packaging which has been reused and has become waste, whether or not it is collected from households for recycling by more than 75% of relevant authorities in Northern Ireland responsible for waste collection.”.

12Schedule 2: Licensors and Pub Operating businessesF1

In paragraph 8(a)(ii), for “paragraph 5” substitute “paragraph 7(2)”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 27 June 2023

L.S.

Shane Doris

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made to correct errors in The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023 No. 25) (“the first Regulations”), to make further provision clarifying when a brand owner is a producer in relation to packaging and to assign responsibility for certain packaging to packer/fillers, rather than brand owners, and to importers.

A full impact assessment of the effect that the first Regulations will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available form www.legislation.gov.uk and from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Klondyke Building, Cromac Avenue, Gasworks Business Park, Malone Lower, Belfast BT7 2JA.