ATODLEN

Amendment of Schedule 4 (Information)13

In Part IV of Schedule 4—

a

in the heading for “scheme’s operational plan” substitute “the operational plans of schemes and producers”; and

b

in the shoulder note for the reference to “Regulation 12(3)(d) and (e)” substitute “Regulations 6(4)(dd) and 12(3)(d) and (e)”;

c

in paragraph 11—

i

in the headpiece omit “scheme's” and for “regulation 12(3)(e)” substitute “regulations 6(4)(dd) and 12(3)(e)”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (a) for “scheme’s members referred to in regulation 4(1)(b) to be discharged through the scheme” substitute “producer or the obligation of the operator of the scheme under regulation 3(5B) (as the case may be.)”;

iii

for sub-paragraph (b) substitute —

b

that the arrangements for recovery and recycling take account of any statement which contains the Secretary of State’s policies in relation to the recovery and disposal of waste and which is made under section 44A of the 1990 Act;

iv

omit sub-paragraph (c);

v

in sub-paragraph (d) for “of its members referred to in regulation 4(1)(b)” substitute “or the obligation of the operator of the scheme under regulation 3(5B)(as the case may be)”;

vi

in sub-paragraph (d)(iii) omit “who is a member of the scheme”;

vii

at the end of sub-paragraph (d)(v) omit “and”;

viii

in sub-paragraph (e) for “of the scheme’s members” substitute “or the obligation of the operator of the scheme under regulation 3(5B)(as the case may be)” and for “any member of the scheme, or any other producer” substitute “any producer”; and

ix

after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

f

the number of PRNs or PERNs which are expected to be acquired in each quarter of the three years immediately following registration, and the type of recyclable material to which they are expected to relate;

g

the quantity of packaging waste which is expected to be acquired during the three years immediately following registration;

h

the amounts to the nearest tonne of the recovery and recycling obligations in respect of each recyclable material that are expected to have to be discharged in each of the three years immediately following registration;

i

a statement indicating the contracts anticipated to be made with reprocessors and packaging waste suppliers in the three years immediately following registration;

j

a statement as to the purposes for which it is intended to apply funds supplied to reprocessors for the acquisition of PRNs or PERNs in the three years immediately following registration, including the amounts to be applied to the following matters—

i

increasing the capacity for the collection and reprocessing of packaging waste;

ii

encouraging the development of markets for materials or goods made from recycled packaging waste;

iii

the strategy, including communications, to be adopted in order to achieve the objectives described in heads (i) and (ii) above.