Amendment of Schedule 4 (Information)15
In Part IV of Schedule 4 –
a
in the title for “Schemes Operational Plan” there shall be substituted “the Operational Plans of Schemes and Producers”; and
b
for the reference to “Regulation 12(3)(d) and (e)” there shall be substituted “Regulations 6(4)(dd) and 12(3)(d) and (e)”;
c
in paragraph 11 –
i
“schemes” shall be omitted and for “regulation 12(3)(e)” there shall be substituted “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” there shall be substituted “producer or the obligation of the operator of the scheme under regulation 3(5B) (as the case may be).”;
iii
for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted –
b
that the arrangements for recovery and recycling take account of any statement which contains the Department’s policies in relation to the recovery and disposal of waste and which is made under Article 19 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 19978;
iv
sub-paragraph (c) shall be omitted;
v
in sub-paragraph (d) for “of its members referred to in regulation 4(1)(b)” there shall be substituted “or the obligation of the operator of the scheme under regulation 3(5B) (as the case may be)”;
vi
in sub-paragraph (d)(iii) “who is a member of the scheme” shall be omitted;
vii
at the end of sub-paragraph (d)(v) “and” shall be omitted;
viii
in sub-paragraph (e) for “of the scheme’s members” there shall be substituted “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” there shall be substituted “any producer”; and
ix
after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be inserted –
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 it 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 sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.