PART 3OBLIGATIONS OF BATTERY COMPLIANCE SCHEMES AND REGISTRATION OF PRODUCERS OF PORTABLE BATTERIES

Registration of producers of portable batteries26.

(1)

A scheme operator must ensure that each scheme member is registered with the appropriate authority.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to a scheme member who is or was also a producer of industrial or automotive batteries and is registered with the Secretary of State under regulation 45.

(3)

A scheme operator must make an application for registration of scheme members to the appropriate authority—

(a)

in respect of any producer who is a scheme member on 15th October 2009 on or before 31st October 2009; or

(b)

in respect of any producer who—

(i)

becomes a scheme member after 15th October 2009; and

(ii)

whose details do not appear on a register kept under regulation 76,

within 28 days of the date when that producer becomes a scheme member.

(4)

A small producer must make an application to register with the appropriate authority within 28 days of the date that producer first places portable batteries on the market for the first time in the United Kingdom after 15th October 2009.

(5)

Paragraph (4) does not apply to a small producer who is or was also a producer of industrial or automotive batteries and is registered with the Secretary of State under regulation 45.