Duties of the appropriate authority in relation to registration of small producersU.K.
75.—(1) The appropriate authority must grant an application for registration where an applicant—
(a)has complied with the requirements of regulation 16;
(b)is not a member of a producer compliance scheme; and
(c)does not appear in the register of producers maintained by the appropriate authority under [F1regulation 77],
otherwise the appropriate authority must refuse the application.
(2) Where the application for registration is granted, the [F2appropriate authority] must, within 28 days of receipt of the application—
(a)confirm to the applicant that he is registered with the appropriate authority; and
(b)subject to paragraph (3), allocate a new producer registration number to the producer and confirm it in writing.
(3) If the applicant appeared on the register maintained under [F3regulation 77] during any of the five previous compliance periods preceding the compliance period during which the application for registration is made, the appropriate authority must, instead of allocating a new producer registration number, allocate the applicant’s most recently allocated producer registration number.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 75(1)(c) substituted (25.7.2014) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 2(10)
F2Words in reg. 75(2) substituted (25.12.2015) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1968), regs. 1, 2(36)
F3Words in reg. 75(3) substituted (25.7.2014) by The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1771), regs. 1(b), 2(10)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 75 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)