The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

Made: 15th December 2003

Coming into force: 1st January 2004

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Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Amendment of the 1997 Regulations

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Amendment of Part I (General)

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Amendment of Part II (Producers and Obligations)

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Amendment of Part III (Registration)

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Amendment of Part IV (Registration of Schemes—Appeals)

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Insertion of new Part IVA (Accreditation of Reprocessors and Exporters)

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Amendment of Part V (Records, Returns and Certificate)

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Amendment of Part VI (Agencies' Powers and Duties)

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Amendment of Part X (Offences)

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Amendment of Schedule 1 (Producers)

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Amendment of Schedule 2 (Recovery and Recycling Obligations)

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Insertion of new Schedule 2A (Conditions of Accreditation)

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Amendment of Schedule 3 (Definitions of Waste, Recovery and Special Producers)

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Amendment of Schedule 4 (Information)

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Substitution of Schedule 7 (Public Register)

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Amendment of Schedule 9 (Mid-year Changes)

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Deletion of Schedule 10 (United Kingdom’s Recovery and Recycling Targets)

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Signed

Elliot Morley — Minister of State, — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 15th December 2003

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1995 c. 25; see the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” section 93(8). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 93 to 95, insofar as they relate to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). In relation to Wales, those functions were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (see article 2 of, and the entry relating to the Environment Act 1995 in Schedule 1, to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1996/672)).

[^f00002]: The relevant obligation is Article 6(1) of European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (OJ No L365, 31.12.94, p 10); the Directive was amended with effect from 20th November 2003 in Article 21 (Committee Procedure) by paragraph 53 of Annex III (Regulatory Procedure) to Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L284, 31.10.2003, p 1).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1997/648. These Regulations have been amended in relation to Great Britain by S.I. 1999/1361 and 1999/3447, in relation to England and Wales by S.I. 2000/3375, and in relation to England by S.I. 2002/732. These regulations have also been amended in relation to Scotland and Wales.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2000/1973, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00005]: The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).

[^f00006]: S.I. 1994/1056, amended by S.I. 1995/288, 1996/593, 1998/606, 2000/1973; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00007]: 1995 c. 40; see Part II.

Editorial notes

[^key-b1072d1197f9d0506407c0f1f8162e1b]: Regulations revoked (16.12.2005) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3468), reg. 1(1), Sch. 11