13.—(1) A small producer must provide to the appropriate authority information on the total amount in tonnes of portable batteries which that producer has placed on the market for the first time in the United Kingdom in—
(a)2009; and
(b)each compliance period.
[F1(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the total amount of portable batteries placed on the market for the first time in the United Kingdom does not include any portable batteries and accumulators that have left the United Kingdom before being sold to end users.]
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) must—
(a)be in writing and signed by the appropriate person;
(b)specify the total amount in tonnes and the amount in tonnes by reference to the chemistry type; and
(c)be submitted in the format published by the appropriate authority under regulation 79
(d)be accompanied by—
(i)subject to regulation 14(1), where the appropriate authority is the Environment Agency [F2, the NRBW] or SEPA, the charge specified in regulation 14(2) or, if superseded by a charge specified for the purpose in a charging scheme made under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995 M1, that charge;
(ii)where the appropriate authority is the Department of the Environment, the charge specified for the purpose in the Waste Batteries and Accumulators (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 M2.
(3) The duty in paragraph (1)(a) does not require a small producer to provide information relating to portable batteries placed on the market for the first time in the United Kingdom during 2009 but before the coming into force of these Regulations.
(4) The information referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must be provided on or before 31st January 2010.
(5) The information referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must be provided for each compliance period on or before 31st January of the next year.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 13(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 14(5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 13(2)(d)(i) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 321 (with Sch. 7)
Marginal Citations
M11995 c. 25. Section 41 is amended by regulation 95 and Schedule 8 of these Regulations. There are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations.