Regulation 7A Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs GuidanceF1F2
The Department must provide guidance for the purposes of regulation 7—
on the evidence which may be used by a producer to demonstrate that primary packaging or shipment packaging is supplied to a business or a public institution which in either case is the final user of the packaging;
on when—
a product is to be treated as being designed only for use by a business or a public institution; and
packaging for that product is to be treated as not reasonably likely to be disposed of in a household bin or a public bin.
The Department may take the following factors into account in the preparation of guidance under paragraph (1)(b)—
the size of the packaging;
the weight of the packaging;
whether the supply of a product is subject to restrictions imposed by or under primary or secondary legislation;
how available a product or its packaging is to consumers;
whether a product is likely to be used by a business in a household;
any other factor the Department considers relevant.
Annotations
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(e) (with reg. 12, Sch. 15)
- F2
-
Reg. 7, 7A substituted for reg. 7 (1.5.2024) by The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/80), regs. 1(2), 7 (with reg. 2)