1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 5th May 2009 except for—
(a)the following provisions, which come into force on 1st January 2010—
(i)regulation 56 (prohibition on disposing of waste automotive and industrial batteries in a landfill or by incineration); and
(ii)regulation 57 (requirement for approval of battery treatment operators and exporters);
(b)Part 4 (portable batteries: obligations and rights of distributors and other economic operators), which comes into force on 1st February 2010.
(3) Regulation 56 does not extend to Scotland.