The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016

Regulation 2 E+W+S

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation and notices)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1), at the appropriate place, insert—

““PRONIR” means the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007;”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the definition of “appropriate agency”—

(aa) for each “agency”, substitute “Agency”;

(bb) in paragraph (d)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (v)(aa), for “the Secretary of State”, substitute “that Agency”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (v)(bb), for “the Scottish Ministers”, substitute “that Agency”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (vi)(aa), for “the Secretary of State”, substitute “that Body”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (vi)(bb), for “the Scottish Ministers” substitute “that Agency”;

(v) for sub-paragraphs (vii) and (viii), substitute—

“(vii) in relation to schemes, where there is more than one operator of a scheme and such operators have registered offices or principal places of business in England and in Wales (but not in Scotland)—

(aa) the Environment Agency, where the operators have elected to apply for approval of the scheme from that Agency; or

(bb) the Natural Resources Body for Wales, where the operators have elected to apply for approval of the scheme from that Body;

(viii) in relation to schemes, where there is more than one operator of a scheme and such operators have registered offices or principal places of business in England, in Scotland and in Wales—

(aa) the Environment Agency, where the operator has elected to apply for approval of the scheme from that Agency;

(bb) SEPA, where the operator has elected to apply for approval from that Agency; or

(cc) the Natural Resources Body for Wales, where the operator has elected to apply for approval from that Body;”;

(ii) in the definition of “appropriate authority”, omit paragraphs (b) and (c);

(iii) at the appropriate place, insert—

““DOENI” means the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland;”;

(c) in paragraph (4)(a), for “regulations 14(5), 17 or 18(3)”, substitute “regulation 13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 14 or 17”.

(1)

In regulation 2, the definition of “appropriate Agency” was amended by S.I. 2013/755 and the definition of “appropriate authority” was amended by S.I. 2013/755 and 1821.