Amendment of regulation 7 (application for producer registration)

5.  In regulation 7—

(a) In paragraph (4)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c) be accompanied by the following further information, on a form supplied for that purpose by the Department and signed by the approved person, in relation to the relevant year—

(i) each class of producer to which the applicant belongs;

(ii) if they belong to more than one class of producer, which of those classes constitutes their main activity as a producer; and

(iii) the relevant SIC code for the class of producer to which the applicant belongs or, as the case may be, for the applicant’s main activity;

(ca) other than in the case of a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method under sub-paragraph (d) and, subject to paragraph (9), be accompanied by the following further information, on a form supplied for that purpose by the Department and signed by the approved person, in relation to the relevant year—

(i) in relation to each class of producer—

(aa) the amount of packaging waste which they are required to recover by virtue of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2 and, of this, the proportion which is to be recovered by recycling by virtue of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2; and

(bb) the amount of packaging waste which they are required to recycle for each kind of recyclable material by virtue of paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 2;

(ii) the basis on which the amounts referred to in paragraph (i) were calculated; and

(iii) such other information as the Department reasonably requires in order to determine the application and as is specified on the form;”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (e);

(b) in paragraph 6—

(i) for sub-paragraph (a)(i), substitute—

“(i) paragraphs (4)(a) and (b) and (11);”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), after “(4)(c),”, insert “(ca),”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), after “(4)(c)”, insert “or (ca)”;

(c) in paragraph (9), after “(4)(c)”, insert “or (ca)”; and

(d) after paragraph (10), insert—

“(11) The applicable fee for producer registration referred to in regulation 9 must be received by the Department on or before the relevant date.”.