The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 No. 3289

SCHEDULE 7 Approval of proposed schemes and schemes

PART 4 Requirements for approval of a proposed scheme and for continued approval of a scheme

1.  That the rules or regulations of the proposed scheme or scheme provide—

(a) that a scheme member must apply to join the scheme for a minimum period of one relevant compliance period; except in the case of a producer who does not become a producer until after the start of a relevant compliance period and who will be expected to join that scheme for the remainder of the relevant compliance period during which he has commenced putting EEE on the market in the United Kingdom; and

(b) that where a scheme member’s membership of the scheme is cancelled, any such cancellation cannot take effect until the end of the current compliance period.