24.—(1) The Department may approve a person listed in paragraph (2) for the purposes of—
(a)Verifying information reported by a producer to the Department under regulation 17(4)(b); or
(b)Verifying information provided by a producer to the operator of a scheme under regulation 19(2)(b)(ii).
(2) The persons listed are, where the producer—
(a)is an individual, that individual;
(b)is a partnership, a partner;
(c)is a company registered in the United Kingdom, a director or company secretary of that company;
(d)is an unincorporated body, an individual who has control or management of that body; or
(e)is a company which does not have a registered office in the United Kingdom, an individual who has control or management of the producer.
(3) Subject to regulation 25, the Department may approve the delegation by an approved person of the person’s functions to any other person.
(4) An approved person who has delegated functions under paragraph (3) may continue to perform those functions.
(5) For the purposes of these Regulations, an act of a delegate performing the functions of an approved person on that person’s behalf is to be treated as an act of the approved person.
(6) In this regulation, and in regulation 25, “functions” means the functions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b).