Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2007
Northern Ireland
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
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For the purposes of Column 3 of the above Table,...
A person satisfies the threshold tests if—
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(a) above audited accounts...
Deposit into or on to land (for example landfill).
Incineration on land.
Incineration at sea.
Permanent Storage (for example emplacement in containers in a mine)....
Blending or mixing prior to submission to any or the...
Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations mentioned...
Storage pending any of the operations mentioned in paragraphs 1...
Land treatment (for example biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards...
Deep injection (for example injection of pumpable discards into wells,...
Surface impoundment (for example placement of liquid or sludgy discards...
Specially engineered landfill (for example placement into discreet cells which...
Release into a water body except seas or oceans.
Release into seas or oceans including sea bed insertion.
Biological treatment not specified in this Schedule which results in...
Physio-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere in this Schedule which results...
Production or consumption residues not otherwise specified in paragraphs 2...
Machining or finishing residues (for example lathe turnings or mill...
Residues from raw materials extraction and processing (for example mining...
Adulterated materials (for example oils contaminated with PCB’s).
Off specification products.
Products whose date for appropriate use has expired.
Materials spilled, lost or having undergone other mishap including and...
Materials contaminated or soiled as a result of planned actions...
Unusable parts (for example reject batteries or exhausted catalysts).
Substances which no longer perform satisfactorily (for example contaminated acids,...
Residues of industrial processes (for example slags or still bottoms)....
Residues from pollution abatement processes (for example scrubber sludge’s, baghouse...
(1) Except for a small producer who has elected to...
Where the Department is satisfied that a producer has instituted...
For the purposes of this Schedule, “recycling by re-melt” means...
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(a), where ∑Q is...
Where a small producer has elected to follow the allocation...
(1) The amount of packaging waste to be recycled by...
(1) The following percentages are prescribed as the percentages for...
The percentage which is prescribed as the recycling target “X”...
The following percentages are prescribed as the recycling target “Y”...
The following percentages are prescribed as the recycling by re-melt...
(1) The amount of packaging waste to be recycled by...
The recycling allocation “B” is 35 for the year 2024....
Paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 applies for the purposes of...
The address and telephone number of the registered office of...
Full particulars of the agreement for the constitution of the...
The matters to be contained in the statement to be...
The matters to be contained in the operational plan referred...
For the purposes of paragraph 12(c)(iii) above “household waste”, “industrial...
The business name of the producer if different from that...
The address for service of notices on the producer if...
Where the producer is a partnership, the names of all...
The name of the scheme.
The name of the operator and, where the operator is...
The address and telephone number of the registered office of...
The address for service of notices if different from that...
The names and addresses of the registered offices, or, where...
The conditions referred to in regulation 25 are that—
For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) “issue” in relation...
In paragraph 1(g) and (k), references to producers or operators...
(1) A person who wishes to appeal to the Planning...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, notice of appeal shall...
Where under regulation 28(2) the appeal is by way of...
(1) The Planning Appeals Commission or other person determining an...
The name and address of the registered office or principal...
In relation to accredited reprocessors and exporters—
A statement in relation to each registered producer as to...
A statement in relation to each registered operator of a...
Issue of warrants
Manner of exercise of powers
Information obtained to be admissible in evidence
Duty to secure premises
Compensations
Relevant power
This Schedule applies in relation to a relevant year—
Subject to regulation 5, in respect of a year each...
For the purposes of this Schedule and Schedule 11 “subsidiary”...
Subject to regulation 5, companies who are producers and are...
Where there is a group registration— (a) the subsidiary companies...
This Schedule is subject to the provisions of Schedule 11....
A head organisation has producer responsibility obligations in the situations...
Paragraph 6 below applies to determine the producer responsibility obligations...
(1) The situations referred to in paragraph 1 above are...
Where the head organisation is a licensor, for the purposes...
Where the head organisation is a pub operating business, for...
Where the head organisation is a licensor—
Where the head organisation is a pub operating business—
Where the head organisation does not have the information necessary...
For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) “head organisation” means...
Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 below, where a person...
Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; and
Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; (b) in relation to...
Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; (b) in relation to...
Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; (b) in relation to...
Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; (b) in relation to...
Where in a relevant year paragraph 4 above applies to...
The proportion referred to in paragraphs 8 and 9 above...
For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the...
Where in a relevant year a producer dies or becomes...
Any person carrying on the activities of the first producer...
Where a person who is a producer in respect of...
In relation to a producer which is a company, the...
Where a person who is a producer in respect of...
This Part applies where— (a) a company joins a group...
Where paragraph 4(a) above applies the company shall either—
Where— (a) paragraph 4(a) above applies; (b) in relation to...
Where— (a) paragraph 4(a) above applies; (b) in relation to...
Where— (a) paragraph 4(a) above applies; (b) in relation to...
Where— (a) paragraph 4(a) above applies; (b) in relation to...
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation and notices
Modifications to the Packaging Waste Directive
Modifications to the Waste Directive
Exclusion of charities from producer responsibility obligations
Producers and producer responsibility obligations
Producers and Scheme membership
Producer registration obligation
Application for producer registration
Conditions of registration of a producer
Forms and fees for producer registration
Refusal to register producers
Cancellation of registration of producers
Schemes: general provisions
Application for approval of a scheme
Conditions of approval of a scheme
Refusal to grant approval of a scheme
Withdrawal of approval of a scheme
Application for registration of a scheme
Conditions of registration of a scheme
Notification of change of membership
Forms and fees for registration of a scheme
Refusal to register a scheme
Cancellation of registration of a scheme
Information provided to scheme operators
Producers – records and returns
Producers – certifying obligation
Schemes – records and returns
Notification of winding-up, receivership, administration, etc.
Requirement for accreditation
Application for accreditation
Conditions of accreditation
Suspension and cancellation of accreditation
Right of appeal
Procedure on appeals
Determination of appeals
Status pending appeal
Monitoring
Monitoring – publication
Public register
Approved persons
Delegation of approved persons’ functions: procedure
Entry and inspection
Provision of information to the Department
Packaging handled by groups of companies
Packaging handled by licensors and pub operating businesses
Mid-year changes
Offences and penalties
Revocation and transitional provision
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Northern Ireland Environment Agency
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