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The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/648 · Made 5 March 1997

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Made 5th March 1997

Coming into force 6th March 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England and Wales, and the Secretary for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 93, 94 and 95 of the Environment Act 1995f1, for the implementation of article 6(1) of Directive 94/62/ECf2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 93(2) of that Act, and after having regard to the matters specified in section 93(6) of that Act as required by section 93(5) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:—

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Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 25; see section 93(8) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

f2

O.J. No. L365, 31.12.94, p. 10.

Contents

  1. Part I: GENERAL
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation and notices
  4. Part II: PRODUCERS AND OBLIGATIONS
  5. 3Producers and producer responsibility obligations
  6. 4Exclusions and limitations
  7. Part III: REGISTRATION
  8. 5Producer registration obligation
  9. 6Application for producer registration
  10. 7Requirements for producer registration
  11. 8Continuation of producer registration
  12. 9Forms and fees for producer registration
  13. 10Refusal to register producers
  14. 11Cancellation of registration of producers
  15. 12Application for registration of a scheme
  16. 13Conditions of registration of a scheme
  17. 14Continuation of registration of a scheme
  18. 15Forms and fees for registration of a scheme
  19. 16Refusal to register a scheme
  20. 17Cancellation of registration of a scheme
  21. Part IV: REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES—APPEALS
  22. 18Right of appeal
  23. 19Procedure of appeals
  24. 20Determination of appeals
  25. 21Status pending appeal
  26. Part V: RECORDS, RETURNS AND CERTIFICATE
  27. 22Producers—records and returns
  28. 23Producers—certifying obligation
  29. 24Schemes—records and returns
  30. Part VI: AGENCIES' POWERS & DUTIES
  31. 25Monitoring
  32. 26Public register
  33. 27Approval of persons to issue certificates of compliance
  34. 28Entry and inspection
  35. Part VII: GROUPS OF COMPANIES AND MID-YEAR CHANGES
  36. 29Groups of companies
  37. 30Mid-year changes
  38. Part VIII: COMPETITION SCRUTINY
  39. 31Competition scrutiny
  40. Part IX: THE RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1976
  41. 32The 1976 Act
  42. 33Agreements to which the 1976 Act applies
  43. Part X: OFFENCES
  44. 34Offences and penalties
  45. Signature
  46. Schedule 1PRODUCERS
  47. 1Paragraph 1
  48. 2Paragraph 2
  49. 3Paragraph 3
  50. 4Paragraph 4
  51. Schedule 2: RECOVERY AND RECYCLING OBLIGATIONS
  52. 1Paragraph 1
  53. 2Paragraph 2
  54. 3Paragraph 3
  55. 4Paragraph 4
  56. 5Paragraph 5
  57. 6Paragraph 6
  58. Schedule 3
  59. IDEFINITION OF WASTE—ARTICLE 1 OF AND ANNEX 1 TO THE WASTE DIRECTIVE
  60. 1Article 1
  61. Part II: DEFINITION OF RECOVERY—ANNEX IIB TO THE WASTE DIRECTIVE
  62. 2Paragraph 2
  63. Part III: DEFINITION OF SPECIAL PRODUCERS
  64. 3Paragraph 3
  65. Part IV: SPECIAL PRODUCERS—OBLIGATIONS
  66. 4Paragraph 4
  67. 5Paragraph 5
  68. Part V: SPECIAL PRODUCERS—RECORDS AND RETURNS
  69. 6Paragraph 6
  70. 7Paragraph 7
  71. 8Paragraph 8
  72. Schedule 4: INFORMATION
  73. Part I: Information to be contained in application for producer registration
  74. 1Paragraph 1
  75. 2Paragraph 2
  76. 3Paragraph 3
  77. IIProducer and Scheme Registration
  78. Part III: Information to be included in application for registration of a scheme or competition scrutiny
  79. 4Paragraph 4
  80. 5Paragraph 5
  81. 6Paragraph 6
  82. 7Paragraph 7
  83. 8Paragraph 8
  84. 9Paragraph 9
  85. Part IV: Statement of the scheme’s policies and scheme’s operational plan
  86. 10Paragraph 10
  87. 11Paragraph 11
  88. 12Paragraph 12
  89. Schedule 5: PROCEDURE ON APPEALS
  90. 1Paragraph 1
  91. 2Paragraph 2
  92. 3Paragraph 3
  93. 4Paragraph 4
  94. Schedule 6INFORMATION IN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
  95. Schedule 7: PUBLIC REGISTER
  96. 1Information regarding producer registration
  97. 2Information regarding scheme registration
  98. Schedule 8: GROUPS OF COMPANIES
  99. 1Paragraph 1
  100. 2Paragraph 2
  101. 3Paragraph 3
  102. 4Paragraph 4
  103. 5Paragraph 5
  104. 6Paragraph 6
  105. 7Paragraph 7
  106. 8Paragraph 8
  107. Schedule 9: MID-YEAR CHANGES
  108. Part I: SCHEME MEMBERSHIP
  109. 1Paragraph 1
  110. 2Paragraph 2
  111. 3Paragraph 3
  112. 4Paragraph 4
  113. Part II: GROUP MEMBERSHIP
  114. 5Paragraph 5
  115. 6Paragraph 6
  116. 7Paragraph 7
  117. 8Paragraph 8
  118. 9Paragraph 9
  119. 10Paragraph 10
  120. 11Paragraph 11
  121. 12Paragraph 12
  122. 13Paragraph 13
  123. 14Paragraph 14
  124. 15Paragraph 15
  125. 16Paragraph 16
  126. 17Paragraph 17
  127. 18Paragraph 18
  128. Part III: INCAPACITY
  129. 19Paragraph 19
  130. 20Paragraph 20
  131. 21Paragraph 21
  132. Schedule 10UNITED KINGDOM'S RECOVERY AND RECYCLING TARGETS
  133. Explanatory note