{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-regulations-2013/regulation-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-regulations-2013/regulation-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/3113",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/32",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Recovery",
  "text": "(1) In respect of any WEEE for which it is responsible under these Regulations, an operator of a scheme must ensure—\n(a) that systems are set up to provide for the recovery of such WEEE; and\n(b) that such WEEE is—\n(i) recovered or recycled by a reprocessor, or\n(ii) exported by an approved exporter for recovery or recycling outside the United Kingdom.\n(2) Paragraph 1(b) will not apply to WEEE reused as a whole appliance.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 32(1) substituted (25.7.2014) by virtue of The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 3(3), Sch. 2 Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 32 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3113/regulation/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:32:34.822986+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."
}