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  "legislation_title": "The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997",
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  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n(a) for the purposes of paragraph 2(1) above and for the years 1998 and 1999 “packaging materials” means any of the following—\n(i) glass,\n(ii) aluminium,\n(iii) steel,\n(iv) paper/fibreboard, or\n(v) plastic;\n(b) for the purposes of paragraph 2(1) above, and for the year 2000 and subsequent years, “packaging materials” means any of the materials referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above together with wood and other packaging materials; and\n(c) for the purposes of paragraph 2(3) above “packaging materials” means any of the materials referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, packaging materials composed of a combination of the materials there referred to are to be treated as made of the material which is predominant by weight.",
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