The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009

11.  That the rules of the proposed scheme provide—

(a) that a scheme member must apply to join the scheme for a minimum period of—

(i) one relevant compliance period; or

(ii) in the case of a producer who does not become a producer until after the start of a relevant compliance period, the remainder of that relevant compliance period;

(b) that where a scheme member’s membership is cancelled, any such cancellation does not take effect until the end of the compliance period;

(c) for an arbitration procedure to determine disputes between scheme members and between scheme members and the scheme operator;

(d) for dissemination of important information to scheme members in an accurate and timely way;

(e) in the case of withdrawal of approval under regulation 54, for the allocation of batteries evidence notes owned by the scheme to each scheme member in proportion to the quantity of batteries placed on the market by the member, relative to the other members, in the compliance period up to the point of such withdrawal.