2.—(1) In regulation 3—
(a)in paragraph (5)(b) for “for the year 1998 and subsequent years” substitute “for each year”;
(b)after paragraph (5A) insert—
“(5B) The operator of the scheme shall take reasonable steps to carry out the recovery and recycling obligations that every producer who is a member of the scheme that he operates would have had, but for their membership of that scheme.”; and
(c)omit paragraph (6).
(2) In regulation 4 omit paragraph (4).