20.—(1) A producer who is subject to the certifying obligation shall—
(a)maintain, and retain for at least 4 years after the record is made, records of the information referred to in paragraph (2) below for a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method or paragraph (3) for any other producer; and
(b)at the same time as he furnishes a certificate of compliance to the appropriate Agency in accordance with regulation 21, make a return to the appropriate Agency of that information.
(2) The information to be recorded by a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method is—
(a)his turnover;
(b)the recycling allocation for the relevant year as provided in paragraph 8 of Schedule 2;
(c)the amount, in tonnes, of packaging waste which is to be recycled under the allocation method set out in paragraph 7 of Schedule 2; and
(d)the aggregate tonnage of packaging materials that have been received by an accredited reprocessor for recycling and that have been exported by an accredited exporter for recycling as set out in the PRNs or PERNs acquired.
(3) The information to be recorded by any other producer is—
(a)the amount in tonnes, to the nearest tonne, of packaging waste delivered F1... for recycling to a reprocessor or exporter, by or on behalf of the producer as set out in the PRNs or PERNs acquired; and
(b)the total number of tonnes of each material which is the subject of the producer’s [F2recycling obligations].
(4) The records maintained under paragraph (1)(a) above by a producer shall be made available, on demand, to the appropriate Agency.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 20(3) omitted (E.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1336), regs. 1(1), 2(7); (W.) (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1390), regs. 1(1), 2(7); and (S.)(1.1.2021) by virtue of The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/387), regs. 1(1), 2(7)
F2Words in Regulations substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/387), reg. 2(2); (E.) (1.1.2021) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1336), reg. 2(2); and (W.) (1.1.2021) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1390), reg. 2(2)