The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

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 2013.

Regulation 3 specifies an application charge of £30 to register as a small producer.

Regulation 4 specifies:

(a) an application charge of £12,150 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, £30 for each small producer, £210 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 charges paid in connection with the approval of schemes and registration as a small producer will not be refunded in the event that approval is refused or withdrawn.

Regulation 5 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 WEEE materials in that year, and £2570 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 WEEE 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.

Regulation 6 revokes The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.