PART 4

SEPA’s powers and duties

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1

SEPA may approve a person listed in paragraph (2) for the purposes of—

a

verifying information reported by a producer to SEPA under regulation 17(1),

b

verifying information provided by a producer to the operator of a scheme under regulation 19(2)(a).

2

The persons listed are, where the producer—

a

is an individual, that individual,

b

is a partnership, a partner,

F1ba

is a limited liability partnership, a member of that partnership,

c

is a body corporate registered in the United Kingdom, a director or company secretary of that company,

d

is an unincorporated association, an individual who has control or management of that association,

e

is a body corporate which does not have a registered office in the United Kingdom, an individual who has control or management of the producer.

3

Subject to regulation 25, SEPA may approve the delegation by an approved person of the person’s functions to any other person.

4

An approved person who has delegated functions under paragraph (3) may continue to perform those functions.

5

For the purposes of these Regulations, an act of a delegate performing the functions of an approved person on that person’s behalf is to be treated as an act of the approved person.

6

In this regulation, and in regulation 25, “functions” means the functions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b).