PART 1GENERAL

Citation, commencement and extent1

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.