{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009/regulation-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009/regulation-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/890",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-batteries-and-accumulators-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/32",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Distributor's right to request collection of waste batteries",
  "text": "(1) A distributor may request any battery compliance scheme to collect from it waste portable batteries it has taken back under regulation 31.\n(2) A scheme operator who receives a request under paragraph (1) must—\n(a) arrange with the distributor within 21 days of the request for the collection of the waste portable batteries;\n(b) ensure the collection of those batteries without charge to the distributor and within a reasonable time.\n(3) A distributor who has requested collection of waste portable batteries under paragraph (1) may not make a charge for the collection of those waste batteries under paragraph (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/890/regulation/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:13:11.355365+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}