PART 4Environment Agency’s powers and duties
Approved persons24
1
The Environment Agency may approve a person listed in paragraph (2) for the purposes of—
a
verifying information reported by a producer to the Environment Agency 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 Environment Agency 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).