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The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009

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Treatment, recycling, record keeping and reporting after withdrawal of scheme approval

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16.—(1) This regulation applies to a producer—

(a)to whom regulation 15 applies; and

(b)who has not yet become a member of another battery compliance scheme as required by regulation 15(2) or (3).

(2) The producer must ensure that all identifiable waste portable batteries collected by that producer are delivered to and accepted by—

(a)an approved battery treatment operator for treatment and recycling; or

(b)an approved battery exporter for export for treatment and recycling outside the United Kingdom.

(3) The producer must keep records in writing of—

(a)the total amount in tonnes; and

(b)the amount in tonnes by reference to the chemistry type,

of waste portable batteries that the producer has collected and delivered to an approved battery treatment operator for treatment and recycling or to an approved exporter for treatment and recycling outside the United Kingdom.

(4) A record kept under paragraph (3) must be kept for four years from the date it is made and must be made available to the appropriate authority on demand.

(5) The producer must provide to the appropriate authority information on the total amount in tonnes of portable batteries which that producer has placed on the market for the first time in the United Kingdom in a compliance period.

(6) The producer must provide to the appropriate authority information on the total amount in tonnes of waste portable batteries that the producer has—

(a)collected; and

(b)delivered to an approved battery treatment operator for treatment and recycling or to an approved battery exporter for treatment and recycling outside the United Kingdom.

(7) The information referred to in paragraphs (5) and (6) must—

(a)be in writing and signed by the appropriate person;

(b)specify the total amount in tonnes and the amount in tonnes by reference to the chemistry type;

(c)be submitted in the format published by the appropriate authority under regulation 79 and

(d)be provided for each quarter period of a relevant compliance period on or before the last day of the month following the end of that quarter period.

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