PART IVRECORDS, RETURNS AND CERTIFICATE

Schemes—records and returns22

1

The operator of a scheme shall maintain, and retain for at least 4 years after they are made, records of the information referred to in paragraph (2) below, and make returns of that information to the appropriate Agency on or before 31st January in the year following the year to which the information relates.

2

For each year the information is—

a

the amount in tonnes, to the nearest tonne, of packaging waste delivered respectively for recovery and for recycling, to a reprocessor or exporter through the scheme as set out in the PRNs or PERNs acquired;

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c

the total number of tonnes of each material which is the subject of an obligation to recover and recycle for which the operator of the scheme is responsible under regulation 12(1).

3

The records maintained under paragraph (1) above shall be made available, on demand, to the appropriate Agency.

4

The operator of a scheme shall, by 31st January in 2008 and thereafter by 31st January in each year following the year to which the information relates, send a statement F1signed by the approved person to the appropriate F2Agency confirming whether or not the operator has complied with the requirements of regulation 12(1) for the previous year of registration.