The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009

Registration of producers: industrial batteries or automotive batteries

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42.  With effect from 16th October 2009 a producer who places industrial or automotive batteries on the market for the first time in the United Kingdom must be registered with the Secretary of State unless—

(a)the producer’s details already appear on a register kept under regulation 76;

(b)the producer is a member of a battery compliance scheme in relation to portable batteries and the scheme operator is under an obligation to ensure the producer is registered with an appropriate authority; or

(c)the producer is also a small producer and is under an obligation to register with an appropriate authority under regulation 26(4).