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

Amendment of the 2007 (NI) Regulations

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

(2) In regulation 2—

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

(b) in paragraph (2), omit the definitions of “allocation method”, “approved person”, “calculation year”, “consumer information obligations”, “financial year”, “marine installation”, “obligation year”, “organic recycling”, “preceding year”, “producer responsibility obligations”, “recycling obligations”, “relevant date”, “relevant year”, “SIC code”, “small producer” and “turnover”;

(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 35, in paragraph (2)(h)(i), for “regulations 20, 22 and 25” substitute “regulation 25”.

(13) Omit regulation 36.

(14) Omit Part 8.

(15) 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)”.

(16) Omit Schedule 1.

(17) Omit Schedules 2 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 9 to 11.