# The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, Regulation 31: Take back


(1) A distributor of portable batteries must, at any place it supplies such batteries to end-users,—
(a) take back waste portable batteries at no charge; and
(b) inform end-users about the possibility of such take back at the distributor's sales points.
(2) A distributor may not—
(a) make any charge to end-users; or
(b) oblige end-users to buy a new battery,
when accepting waste portable batteries under paragraph (1)(a).
(3) The duty in paragraph (1) does not apply where portable batteries are supplied by a small distributor.
(4) A distributor must not dispose of, or arrange for the disposal of, waste portable batteries accepted under paragraph (1)(a).
(5) In this regulation “small distributor” means a distributor who supplies less than 32 kg of portable batteries to end-users in a year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/890/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009/regulation-31
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