PART 3REGISTRATION: PRODUCERS AND SCHEMES

Schemes: general provisions12

1

The, operator of a scheme shall carry out the recovery and recycling obligations and where applicable, consumer information obligations, that every producer who is a member of the scheme that he operates would have had, but for their membership of that scheme.

2

The operator of a scheme shall inform the members in writing immediately if—

a

he receives a notice of cancellation of the scheme’s registration under regulation 18(3), together with a copy of the notice; or

b

the scheme is granted conditional approval under regulation 13(4).

3

The operator of a scheme may only demonstrate compliance with his recovery and recycling obligations through the acquisition of PRNs or PERNs or both.

4

A PNR or PERN that relates to packaging waste delivered or exported for reprocessing in December in a year may be relied on by the operator of a scheme to demonstrate compliance with his recovery and recycling obligations either in that year or the following year.