Reporting
66.—(1) An approved battery treatment operator or approved battery exporter must provide reports to the appropriate authority—
(a)in the case of information relating to waste portable batteries, for each quarter period of a relevant approval period on or before the last day of the month following the end of that quarter period; and
(b)in the case of information relating to waste industrial and automotive batteries, for each relevant approval period on or before 31st January of the year following the end of that approval period.
(2) The reports referred to in paragraph (1) must be in writing, be signed by the appropriate person, be in the format published by the appropriate authority under regulation 80 and include details of—
(a)in the case of an approved battery treatment operator—
(i)the total amount in tonnes of waste batteries accepted by that approved battery treatment operator at a specified site for treatment and recycling (“relevant waste batteries”) and, for waste portable batteries, the amount by reference to each battery compliance scheme from which they were accepted;
(ii)the total amount in tonnes of relevant waste batteries treated and recycled by that approved battery treatment operator;
(iii)the amount in tonnes of relevant waste batteries delivered to an approved battery exporter for treatment and recycling outside the United Kingdom;
(iv)where paragraph (iii) applies, the name and address of the exporter referred to in that paragraph; and
(v)where paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) applies, details of the amount in tonnes of relevant waste batteries must be provided by reference to—
(aa)each specified site;
(bb)each category of battery; and
(cc)the chemistry type for each category of battery;
(b)in the case of an approved battery exporter, the total amount of waste batteries in tonnes accepted and then exported for treatment and recycling by reference to—
(i)each category of battery;
(ii)the chemistry type for each category of battery;
(iii)the total number of batteries evidence notes issued;
(iv)for waste portable batteries, the battery compliance scheme from whom they were accepted.
(3) The reports referred to in paragraph (1) must not include details of any waste batteries which have not arisen as waste in the United Kingdom.
(4) An approved battery treatment operator or approved battery exporter must also provide a report to the appropriate authority on or before 31st May in the year following the relevant approval period which must—
(a)be from an independent auditor; and
(b)demonstrate to the satisfaction of the appropriate authority that—
(i)the treatment of waste batteries accepted at a specified site, in the case of an approved battery operator, or exported, in the case of an approved battery exporter, meets the minimum treatment requirements set out in paragraph 10(3)(b) of Schedule 4;
(ii)recycling of waste batteries accepted at a specified site, in the case of an approved battery operator, or exported, in the case of an approved battery exporter, meets the requirements as to minimum recycling efficiencies set out in paragraph 10(3)(c) of that Schedule;
(iii)the batteries evidence notes issued by the approved battery treatment operator or approved battery exporter during the relevant approval period are consistent with the amount of waste portable batteries in tonnes accepted at a specified site for treatment and recycling or exported for treatment and recycling in that relevant approval period.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), an “independent auditor” means—
(a)an auditor who would be eligible for appointment as the statutory auditor of the approved battery treatment operator or the approved battery exporter under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006(1); or
(b)an auditor who is—
(i)independent of the approved battery treatment operator or approved battery exporter;
(ii)independent of any operator of a battery compliance scheme; and
(iii)a member of a professional body for auditors that is recognised as such by the appropriate authority.