The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendments to Schedule 1 (collection and reporting of information)

20.  In Schedule 1 (collection and reporting of information)—

(a) in the heading of Part 3 (information required from brand owners, importers, distributors and service providers)—

(i) after “brand owners,”, insert “packers/fillers,”;

(ii) after “importers”, insert “or first UK owners”;

(b) in paragraph 10—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(aa) in paragraph (a), omit the words from “or, for” to the end;

(bb) after paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa) packers/fillers,”;

(cc) in paragraph (b), after “importers”, insert “or first UK owners”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) A producer required by regulation 17 (data reporting obligations) to report information in this Part—

(a) must only report that information in relation to packaging for which that person is a producer of a class listed in sub-paragraph (1);

(b) must not report any information in relation to any packaging in relation to which the producer only performs the function of a seller or an on-line marketplace operator.”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (3)(b), for “that information”, substitute “the information set out in paragraphs 11 to 13, 15, 16 and 22”;

(c) in paragraph 13—

(i) omit sub-paragraph (2);

(ii) for sub-paragraph (3), substitute—

“(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to packaging which an importer or first UK owner is treated as supplying within the meaning of regulation 10(2);”;

(d) in paragraph 16(2)(a) for “, paper and straws”, substitute “and paper”;

(e) in paragraph 17, in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) after “and 19” insert “for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer under regulation 8(10)”;

(f) in paragraphs 18 and 19, for “the producer has supplied”, substitute “supplied through an online marketplace operated by the producer”;

(g) in paragraph 20—

(i) at the end of the opening words, insert “for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer, or, for the information in paragraph 21, a producer of a class specified in that paragraph”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (a), insert “where applicable”;

(iii) for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“(b) for large producers, the information in paragraphs 21 and 22, where applicable;”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (d), for “22(3)”, substitute “22(2) and (3)”;

(h) in paragraph 21—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), after “the producer” the first time it is referred to, insert “imports and then”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1)(b), insert—

“(c) all packaging the producer takes ownership of and then discards, when the producer is a first UK owner;”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(b), after “tertiary packaging” insert “and first UK owners who are treated as supplying secondary or tertiary packaging”.