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The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009

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Meaning of appropriate authority

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3.—(1) In these Regulations, “appropriate authority” means—

(a)in relation to—

(i)a small producer,

(ii)a producer, other than a small producer, who is not and has not been a scheme member,

(iii)the operator of a proposed scheme, or

(iv)an exporter,

the authority responsible for the area where that person’s registered office, or if that person is not a company registered in the United Kingdom, its principal place of business in the United Kingdom, is located;

(b)in relation to—

(i)a scheme operator, the authority which granted approval under regulation 49 to that operator;

(ii)a producer, other than a small producer, who is or has been a scheme member, the authority which granted approval under regulation 49 to the operator of the battery compliance scheme of which the producer is or was last a scheme member;

(c)in relation to the site of a battery treatment operator, the authority responsible for the area where that site is located.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, the authority responsible for the area of—

(a)England and Wales is the Environment Agency;

(b)Scotland is SEPA;

(c)Northern Ireland is the Department of the Environment.

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