13. An approved battery treatment operator must not issue a batteries evidence note unless—U.K.
(a)it relates to waste portable batteries accepted at a specified site for treatment and recycling by, or on behalf of, that approved battery treatment operator in a relevant approval period;
(b)it is issued with respect to waste portable batteries that have arisen as waste in the United Kingdom;
(c)it specifies the quantity in tonnes of waste portable batteries that have been accepted for treatment and recycling.
14. An approved battery treatment operator must record a quantity of waste portable batteries on a batteries evidence note in tonnes.U.K.
15. An approved battery treatment operator must retain a duplicate copy of any batteries evidence note issued by it and make that duplicate available for inspection by the appropriate authority at all reasonable times.U.K.
16. An approved battery treatment operator must not issue a batteries evidence note for more than the total amount of waste portable batteries—U.K.
(a)accepted at a specified site for treatment and recycling by, or on behalf of, the approved battery treatment operator in the relevant approval period; and
(b)which is capable of being recycled no later than the end of the year following the relevant approval period.
17. An approved battery treatment operator must not issue a batteries evidence note in respect of any waste portable battery that has previously been accepted by another approved battery treatment operator.U.K.
18. An approved battery treatment operator must issue batteries evidence notes in the format approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 69.U.K.
19. An approved battery treatment operator must issue a batteries evidence note only to—U.K.
(a)a scheme operator;
(b)a producer of portable batteries who is not a scheme member or a small producer.
20. An approved battery treatment operator must not issue a batteries evidence note which relates to waste portable batteries accepted for treatment and recycling in any relevant approval period after 30th April in the year following the relevant approval period.U.K.
21. An approved battery treatment operator must not arrange for the export of waste portable batteries which it has accepted other than by an approved battery exporter.U.K.