The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024

Amendment of the 2007 Regulations

1.—(1) The 2007 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit the definition of “PRONIR”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) omit the definitions of “allocation method”, “approved person”, “calculation year”, “consumer information obligations”, “DOENI”, “financial year”, “marine installation”, “obligation year”, “producer responsibility obligations”, “recycling obligations,” “relevant date”, “relevant year”, “SIC code”, “small producer” and “turnover”;

(ii) in the definition of “appropriate authority”, in paragraph (a), for “regulations 2A, 2B and 4(7)” substitute “regulations 2A and 2B”;

(c) omit paragraphs (3) and (4).

(3) Omit Parts 2 and 3.

(4) Omit regulations 20 to 22.

(5) In regulation 22A—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraphs (a) and (b);

(b) omit paragraph (3).

(6) In regulation 27, omit paragraphs (1) and (2).

(7) Omit regulation 30.

(8) In regulation 31—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraphs (a) to (c);

(b) omit paragraph (2);

(c) in paragraph (3), omit sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).

(9) Omit regulation 32.

(10) In regulation 33, in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (a).

(11) Omit regulations 34 and 34A.

(12) In regulation 36, omit paragraphs (2) and (4).

(13) Omit Part 8.

(14) In regulation 40—

(a) omit paragraphs (1) to (3);

(b) in paragraph (5), omit “or furnishes information to which regulation 19 applies to an operator of a scheme”;

(c) omit paragraph (8);

(d) in paragraph (9), for “(8)” substitute “(7)”.

(15) In each of regulations 40A(1) and 40B(1), omit the entries in the table relating to regulation 40(1)(a), 40(1)(b), 40(1)(c), 40(3), 40(8)(a) and 40(8)(b).

(16) Omit Parts 11 and 12.

(17) Omit Schedules 1 to 4.

(18) In Schedule 5, at the end insert—

“3.   In paragraph 1(g) and (k), references to producers or operators of schemes include, in relation to the year 2025, persons who are producers or scheme operators under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024.”.

(19) In Schedule 7—

(a) in paragraph 1, omit sub-paragraphs (a) and (b);

(b) omit paragraphs 3 and 4.

(20) Omit Schedules 8 to 10.