Power of the Secretary of State to enter into agreements26
1
For the purposes of implementing the detailed rules of Article 5(4) of the Directive the Secretary of State may enter into agreements with —
a
one or more producers;
b
organisations which represent the interests of the relevant producers.
2
The Secretary of State shall not enter into an agreement unless she is satisfied that it will achieve one or more of the objectives set out in Article 1 of the Directive, that is to say —
a
the prevention of waste from vehicles;
b
the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of end-of-life vehicles and their components so as to reduce the disposal of waste; and
c
the improvement in the environmental performance of all the economic operators involved in the life cycle of vehicles, especially the operators directly involved in the treatment of end-of-life vehicles.