{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/schedule-8/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/schedule-8/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1332",
  "legislation_title": "The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Conditions applying to both reprocessors and exporters",
  "text": "A reprocessor or exporter—\n(a) must not issue PRNs or PERNs to any person other than a producer or scheme operator or their representative;\n(b) must issue PRNs or PERNs in a manner which least hinders the ability of any person to acquire PRNs and PERNs;\n(c) must not issue a PRN or PERN in relation to any packaging waste which is a deposit item;\n(d) must not issue a PRN or PERN in relation to any packaging waste for which a PRN or PERN has already been issued, either by that reprocessor or exporter or by any other reprocessor or exporter.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 31(c) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 15(a) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 31(d) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 15(b) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 31 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1332/schedule/8/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:40.326092+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}