# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, Regulation 17: Cancellation of registration of a scheme


(1) Subject to the right of appeal under Part IV of these Regulations, the appropriate Agency may cancel the registration with it of a scheme where—
(a) the information or the fee required by regulation 14 are not provided; or
(b) it appears to the appropriate Agency that—
(i) any of the conditions referred to in regulation 13 has been broken,
(ii) the operator knowingly supplied false information in connection with the application for registration, or with compliance with the conditions referred to in regulation 13, or with regulation 14, or
(iii) information provided pursuant to regulation 14 was not provided in accordance with regulation 12(7).
(2) An appropriate Agency shall cancel the registration with it of a scheme if the Secretary of State withdraws his approval of the scheme or gives notice under regulation 31(10) that he has ceased to be satisfied that the scheme meets the requirements of competition scrutiny.
(3) Before the cancellation of a registration an appropriate Agency shall serve on the operator of the scheme written notice of—
(a) its decision under paragraph (1) or (2) above to cancel the registration;
(b) the reasons for the decision;
(c) where the decision is made under paragraph (1) above, the right of appeal under Part IV of these Regulations; and
(d) the date when cancellation will take effect, not being earlier than—
(i) in the case of cancellation under paragraph (1) above, the expiration of the time limit for an appeal against the notice provided for in paragraph 2 of Schedule 5, or
(ii) in the case of cancellation under paragraph (2) above, 5 days from the date of the notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/648/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-waste-regulations-1997/regulation-17
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