The Waste Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Schedule 3

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

10.  In Schedule 3 (approval of proposed schemes)—

(a)omit Part 2;

(b)omit paragraph 12(a);

(c)in paragraph 13, for “three compliance periods covered by the operational plan”, substitute “first three compliance periods to which the application relates”;

(d)paragraph 15 is renumbered as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph;

(e)after that sub-paragraph, insert—

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(c), “a 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”..