Notification and registration of serial numbers
18.—(1) The manufacturer of a packaging manufactured to a design approved by the Secretary of State pursuant to these Regulations shall –
(a)obtain from the Secretary of State a serial number which the Secretary of State has not previously issued;
(b)allocate that serial number to that packaging; and
(c)promptly notify the Secretary of State in writing of the serial number so allocated.
(2) The Secretary of State shall maintain a register of the serial numbers of which he is notified pursuant to paragraph (1).