PART 4SScheme administrator

Obligations of a scheme administratorS

16.—(1) A scheme administrator must—

(a)subject to paragraph (2), comply with the following regulations on behalf of any producer registered following the grant of an application made by that scheme administrator under regulation 7(1)(b)—

(i)regulation 11(1)(a) and (b), and

(ii)regulations 10(1) and 11(1)(c) to (h).

(b)provide any information requested by the Scottish Ministers or SEPA for the purposes of monitoring compliance with the requirements in regulations 10(1) and 11(1),

(c)notify the Scottish Ministers and SEPA in writing of any material change in the information provided in accordance with regulation 14(2)(b) and (c), within 28 days of the date of that change,

(d)notify the Scottish Ministers in writing where the scheme administrator intends to withdraw from acting as a scheme administrator.

(2) In the case where more than one producer is registered through a scheme administrator—

(a)the obligation in regulation 11(1)(h) applies as if, for “that producer” there were substituted “all producers registered through the scheme administrator”,

(b)schedule 3 applies as if—

(i)for “a producer must meet” there were substituted “must be met in relation to all of the producers registered through the scheme administrator”,

(ii)for “that producer” in each place where it appears, there were substituted “all of the producers registered through the scheme administrator”.