PART 7APPROVAL OF PROPOSED SCHEMES AND WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL OF SCHEMES
Application for approval of a proposed scheme41
1
Subject to paragraph (2), an application for approval of a proposed scheme shall be made to the appropriate authority by the operator of the proposed scheme in respect of an application for approval for a compliance period (“the relevant compliance period”), during the period commencing on 1st July and ending with 31st August in the year immediately preceding the commencement of that compliance period.
2
Where a scheme member has been served with a notice under regulation 44(3) in relation to his membership of a particular scheme (“the old scheme”) and that scheme member has notified the appropriate authority under regulation 10(7) that he intends to join a proposed scheme, the operator of that proposed scheme shall make an application under paragraph (1) within 28 days of the date of the notice served on that scheme member under regulation 44(3).
3
Where the operator of a proposed scheme is a partnership the application for approval shall be made by any partner acting on behalf of the partnership.
4
An application for approval of a proposed scheme shall—
a
be in writing;
b
include—
i
the information set out in Part 1 of Schedule 7, which shall be submitted in the format published by the appropriate authority under regulation 62;
ii
a copy of the constitution of the proposed scheme which must contain the information set out in Part 2 of Schedule 7;
iii
a copy of the operational plan which must contain the information set out in Part 3 of Schedule 7; and
c
be accompanied by—
i
where the appropriate authority is the Environment Agency or SEPA, the application charge specified in regulation 45(1); and
ii
where the appropriate authority is the Department of the Environment, the application charge specified in the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200623.
5
An application for approval of a proposed scheme shall be granted where—
a
the operator of the proposed scheme has complied with all of the requirements of paragraph (4); and
b
the appropriate authority is satisfied that the information provided by the operator of the proposed scheme in accordance with paragraph (4) demonstrates that—
i
the proposed scheme is likely to subsist for a period of at least three compliance periods;
ii
the operator of the proposed scheme will comply with the code of practice; and
iii
the criteria for approval of a scheme set out in Part 4 of Schedule 7 are met,
and shall otherwise be refused.
6
Where an application for approval under this regulation is granted—
a
the appropriate authority shall notify the operator of the scheme in writing of that decision—
i
in the case of an application made under paragraph (1), on or before 1st October of the year immediately preceding the relevant compliance period;
ii
in the case of an application made under paragraph (2), on or before 1st October of the year immediately preceding the relevant compliance period or within 28 days of the date of receipt of that application, whichever is the later; and
iii
in the case of an application made under paragraph (1) or (2) that has been the subject of a decision to refuse to grant approval and in respect of which there has been a successful appeal under regulation 68, on or before 1st October of the year immediately preceding the relevant compliance period or within 28 days of the date of the determination of the appeal, whichever is the later;
b
the approval shall take effect—
i
in the case of an application made under paragraph (1), from the commencement of the relevant compliance period, and
ii
in the case of an application made under paragraph (2), from the commencement of the relevant compliance period or the date of the decision to grant approval under this regulation, whichever is the later,
and shall remain in force for three compliance periods unless approval is withdrawn for any reason under regulation 44; and
c
the appropriate authority shall publish the following details of the scheme—
i
name of the scheme;
ii
name and address of the operator of the scheme; and
7
A notification served under paragraph (6)(a) shall specify whether the scheme is approved for the purposes of complying with that operator of a scheme’s obligations in relation to—
a
WEEE from private households under regulation 22;
b
WEEE from users other than private households under regulation 23; or
c
both (a) and (b).
8
Where an application for approval made under this regulation by virtue of paragraph (2) is granted, the appropriate authority shall notify each member of the old scheme who has served a notice under regulation 10(7)(b)(i) in writing of that decision within 14 days of the date of the decision.