41.—(1) A producer of industrial or automotive batteries must provide to the Secretary of State information on the total amount in tonnes of waste industrial and automotive batteries which that producer has been responsible for—
(a)taking back or collecting; and
(b)delivering to an approved battery treatment operator for treatment and recycling or an approved battery exporter for treatment and recycling outside the United Kingdom,
during each relevant compliance period.
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) must—
(a)be in writing and signed by the appropriate person;
(b)specify the amount in tonnes of waste industrial and automotive batteries—
(i)taken back or collected, and
(ii)delivered to an approved battery treatment operator or an approved exporter; and
(c)be submitted in the format published by the Secretary of State under regulation 74.
(3) The amount in tonnes of waste batteries referred to paragraph (2)(b) must be given by reference to—
(a)each category of battery; and
(b)the chemistry type for each category of battery.
(4) The information referred to in paragraph (1) must be provided for each compliance period on or before 31st March of the next year.