Statutory Rule 1999 No. 115

      The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999


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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


1999 No. 115

PUBLIC HEALTH

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

  Made 12th March 1999 
  Coming into operation 1st June 1999 


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS


PART I

GENERAL
1. Citation and commencement.
2. Interpretation and notices.

PART II

PRODUCERS AND OBLIGATIONSProducers and Obligations
3. Producers and producer responsibility obligations.
4. Exclusions and limitations.

PART III

REGISTRATION
5. Producer registration obligation.
6. Application for producer registration.
7. Requirements for producer registration.
8. Continuation of producer registration.
9. Forms and fees for producer registration.
10. Refusal to register producers.
11. Cancellation of registration of producers.
12. Application for registration of a scheme.
13. Conditions of registration of a scheme.
14. Continuation of registration of a scheme.
15. Forms and fees for registration of a scheme.
16. Refusal to register a scheme.
17. Cancellation of registration of a scheme.

PART IV

REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES  -  APPEALS
18. Right of appeal.
19. Procedure of appeals.
20. Determination of appeals.
21. Status pending appeal.

PART V

RECORDS, RETURNS AND CERTIFICATE
22. Producers  -  records and returns.
23. Producers  -  certifying obligation.
24. Schemes  -  records and returns.

PART VI

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
25. Monitoring.
26. Public register.
27. Approval of persons to issue certificates of compliance.
28. Entry and inspection.

PART VII

GROUPS OF COMPANIES AND MID-YEAR CHANGES
29. Groups of companies.
30. Mid-year changes.

PART VIII

COMPETITION SCRUTINY
31. Competition scrutiny.

PART IX

THE RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1976
32. The 1976 Act.
33. Agreements to which the 1976 Act applies.

PART X

OFFENCES
34. Offences and penalties.

SCHEDULES

  SCHEDULE 1  -  Producers.

  SCHEDULE 2  -  Recovery and recycling obligations.

  SCHEDULE 3  - 

 Part I: Definition of waste.

 Part II:Definition of recovery.
 Part III: Definition of special producers.
 Part IV: Special Producers  -  Obligations.
 Part V: Special Producers  -  Records and returns.

  SCHEDULE 4  -  Information.

  SCHEDULE 5  -  Procedure on appeals.

  SCHEDULE 6  -  Information in certificate of compliance.

  SCHEDULE 7  -  Public Register.

  SCHEDULE 8  -  Supplemental provisions with regard to powers of entry.

  SCHEDULE 9  -  Groups of Companies.

  SCHEDULE 10 -  Mid-year changes.

  SCHEDULE 11 -  United Kingdom's recovery and recycling targets.

 
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