# The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023, Regulation 7A: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Guidance


(1) The Department must provide guidance for the purposes of regulation 7—
(a) 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;
(b) on when—
(i) a product is to be treated as being designed only for use by a business or a public institution; and
(ii) packaging for that product is to be treated as not reasonably likely to be disposed of in a household bin or a public bin.
(2) The Department may take the following factors into account in the preparation of guidance under paragraph (1)(b)—
(a) the size of the packaging;
(b) the weight of the packaging;
(c) whether the supply of a product is subject to restrictions imposed by or under primary or secondary legislation;
(d) how available a product or its packaging is to consumers;
(e) whether a product is likely to be used by a business in a household;
(f) any other factor the Department considers relevant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/25/regulation/7A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-waste-data-reporting-no2-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-7A
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