The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

Declaration of compliance U.K.

39.—(1) Where an operator of a scheme has any obligation in relation to—

(a) WEEE from private households under regulation 28, 31 or 32; or

(b) WEEE from users other than private households under regulation 29, 31 or 32 during a relevant compliance period

that operator of a scheme [F1 must] provide a declaration of compliance to the appropriate authority on or before 31st March of the year that immediately follows the end of that compliance period.

(2) A declaration of compliance must—

(a) be made in writing;

(b) include the information set out in Part 2 of Schedule 7;

(c) be accompanied by copies of all evidence notes acquired in respect of the relevant compliance period to which the declaration relates; and

(d) where a scheme operator has elected to pay a compliance fee in relation to regulation 33, contain evidence that the compliance fee has been paid.

(3) Where an operator of a scheme is under an obligation to provide a declaration of compliance under this regulation, that declaration [F1 must] be signed by—

(a) where that operator of a scheme is an individual, that individual;

(b) where that operator of a scheme is a partnership, a partner;

(c) where that operator of a scheme is a body registered in the United Kingdom, a director of that body; and

(d) where that operator of a scheme is a body that is not registered in the United Kingdom, the individual who has control or management of that body.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 39 substituted (25.7.2014) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 3(2), Sch. 1 para. 15

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 39 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)