The Waste Batteries and Accumulators (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Charges (battery treatment operators and exporters)

5.—(1) The charges in relation to battery treatment operators and battery exporters are—

(a) the application charge (which is required to be paid under regulation 58(c) of the 2009 Regulations) set out in paragraph (2);

(b) an extension of approval charge (which is required to be paid under regulation 62(1)(c) of the 2009 Regulations) of £110.

(2) The application charge is—

(a) for an applicant who is a battery treatment operator—

(i) if the applicant gives the undertaking in paragraph (3), £500 for each site in respect of which the application is made;

(ii) otherwise, £2,590 for each site in respect of which the application is made;

(b) for an applicant who is an exporter—

(i) if the applicant gives the undertaking in paragraph (3), £500;

(ii) otherwise, £2,590.

(3) The undertaking referred to in paragraph (2) is an undertaking, in respect of the relevant approval period, to—

(a) issue batteries evidence notes in respect of not more than 15 tonnes of waste portable batteries; and

(b) accept not more than 150 tonnes of waste automotive and industrial batteries for treatment and recycling.

(4) If an approved battery treatment operator or an approved battery exporter—

(a) gives the undertaking in paragraph (3);

(b) pays the charge set out in paragraph (2)(a)(i) or 2(b)(i); and

(c) subsequently exceeds either of the limits in respect of which the undertaking was given,

that battery treatment operator or exporter is from the date the limit was exceeded liable to pay the Department of the Environment the balance of the charge which would have been payable had the undertaking not been given.