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          <Strong>PART 2</Strong>
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CommentaryRef="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712">when, and the circumstances in which, materials may be mixed together as part of a mass balance process under the scheme;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/26/section/49B/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/26/section/49B/d" id="section-49B-d"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712-1776693077965" CommentaryRef="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712">d</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712-1776693077965" CommentaryRef="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712">the methodology that may be used as part of a mass balance process under the scheme in connection with the calculation of amounts of waste material (within the meaning of section 49A);</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/26/section/49B/e" 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scheme by reference to accounting periods or other periods of time;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/26/section/49B/g" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/26/section/49B/g" id="section-49B-g"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712-1776693077965" CommentaryRef="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712">g</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712-1776693077965" CommentaryRef="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712">which persons are required to be certified under the scheme;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/26/section/49B/h" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/26/section/49B/h" id="section-49B-h"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712-1776693077965" CommentaryRef="key-eba01ff9e4665f5a7a6846597c629712">h</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition 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