PART IIIE+W+SINCAPACITY
18. Where in a relevant year a producer dies or becomes bankrupt or incapacitated (“the first producer”) that person shall cease to have any producer responsibility obligations for that year and any person who carries on the activities of the first producer following that event shall be treated as a producer and shall have the producer responsibility obligations of the producer for that year.E+W+S
19. Any person carrying on the activities of the first producer referred to in paragraph 18 above shall within 28 days of commencing to do so—E+W+S
(a)inform the appropriate Agency in writing of that fact and the date of the death, the date of bankruptcy or the nature of the incapacity and the date on which it began; and
(b)apply to be registered as required by regulation 6 F1....
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 10 para. 19(b) omitted (26.11.2010) by virtue of The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2849), regs. 1(b), 22
20. In relation to a producer which is a company, the references to a person becoming bankrupt or incapacitated in paragraph 18 above shall be construed as references to it going into liquidation or receivership or entering administration.E+W+S