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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-waste-amendment-scotland-regulations-2000/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/451",
  "legislation_title": "The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-waste-amendment-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997–\n(a) to replace the existing sliding scale fees for registration of a Packaging Waste scheme in regulation 15 with a flat rate fee for registration of £460 in respect of each member of the scheme; and\n(b) to increase the target for recovery to 56% and for recycling to 18%, for the year 2001 onwards.\nThese Regulations also amend a reference in regulation 3(5A) to the Secretary of State which should, for Scotland, be a reference to the Scottish Ministers.\nThe changes made by these Regulations were notified in draft to the European Commission under Directive 98/34/EC.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/451/note",
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  "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."
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