Regulation 19 DistributorsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

In these Regulations, a “distributor” means a person who manufactures or imports unfilled packaging and supplies that packaging to another person.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), a distributor is a producer in relation to any unfilled packaging which is—

(a)

manufactured or imported by the distributor; and

(b)

supplied to any person, other than a large producer who fills or packs the packaging before supplying it to any other person.

(3)

But a distributor is not a producer in relation to unfilled packaging described in paragraph (2) if a large producer who is a brand owner, a packer/filler or a first UK owner is the producer in relation to that packaging under regulation 16, 17 or 18(4) once the packaging is filled.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 19 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)