The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations prescribe the charges to be paid to the Department of the Environment under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006.

Regulation 3 specifies:

(a) an application charge of £12,174 to be paid to the Department by each producer compliance scheme.

(b) an annual producer charge of £30 for each scheme member who is not registered for value added tax, £220 for each scheme member who is required to be or who is registered for value added tax and had an annual turnover of £1 million or less in the last financial year, and, £445 for each scheme member who had a total annual turnover of more than £1 million in the last financial year.

This regulation also provides that the charges paid under regulation 3(1) in connection with the approval of schemes will not be refunded in the event that approval is refused or withdrawn.

Regulation 4 specifies:

(a) an annual application charge of £500 to be paid to the Department by each authorised treatment facility or exporter who issues evidence notes for not more than 400 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment materials in that year, and £2,590 in any other case.

(b) a charge of £110 to be paid to the Department by each exporter who wishes to extend a grant of accreditation to an additional site to which he wishes to export waste electrical and electronic equipment materials for treatment, recovery or recycling.

This regulation also provides that the charges paid in connection with the approval of authorised treatment facilities and exporters will not be refunded in the event that approval is refused, suspended or cancelled.