A first registration or a registration in relation to a WEEE operation is valid for 3 years.

Any other registration in relation to a waste operation is valid until the end of validity of the first registration.

For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the period of validity of a registration commences on the date of registration or on the most recent renewal date, as the case may be.

An establishment or undertaking may renew a registration at any time in the month prior to the registration becoming invalid (and the registration procedure specified in paragraph 6 applies in relation to any such renewal).

Where an establishment or undertaking has renewed a registration, the renewal takes effect on the day after the day on which the previous registration becomes invalid.

In this paragraph—

• “first registration” means—

  1. a

     the first appearance on the register of relevant particulars for an establishment or undertaking in relation to a waste operation other than a WEEE operation, or

  2. b

     in the case of a renewal, the first such appearance following the end of validity of the registration, other than the end of validity of the registration of a WEEE operation;

  “renewal date” means the date that the renewal of a registration takes effect.