9. The operational plan must include the following information in relation to each of the three compliance periods—
(a)details of the financial resources and technical expertise that will be available to enable the performance of the obligations of the operator of the proposed scheme under Part 3 of these Regulations;
(b)details of how the operator of the proposed scheme will ensure that the scheme will discharge that operator’s obligations under regulation 19(1);
(c)details of how the operator of the proposed scheme will ensure that that operator’s obligations under Part 3 of these Regulations will be complied with in a timely manner;
(d)details of—
(i)how the operator of the proposed scheme will fulfil its duty to arrange for and ensure the collection of waste portable batteries from distributors under regulation 32(2);
(ii)the facilities the operator of the proposed scheme will provide to ensure that economic operators and waste collection authorities are able to exercise their right under regulation 33(1);
(iii)the scheme information campaign.
10. In paragraph 9(d)(iii), “the scheme information campaign” means a campaign to disseminate information to ensure that end-users of portable batteries are fully informed of—
(a)the desirability of not disposing of waste batteries as unsorted municipal waste and of participating in their separate collection so as to facilitate treatment and recycling;
(b)the collection and recycling facilities available to them;
(c)their role in contributing to the recycling of waste batteries;
(d)the meaning of the symbol of the crossed-out wheeled bin shown in Schedule 5 and the chemical symbols “Hg”, “Cd” and “Pb”(1).
Regulation 5 of the Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2164) requires the marking with the crossed out wheeled bin symbol of batteries or battery packs placed on the market in the UK. Regulation 6 of that instrument requires the marking of batteries placed on the market in the UK where they contain more than the prescribed proportion of mercury, cadmium or lead with the chemical symbols, respectively “Hg”, “Cd” or “Pb”.