Part 1 Requirements
Environment Act 2021 (2021 c 30) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 4 Producer Responsibility Obligations

Section 50

Part 1 Requirements

General power

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(1)     The relevant national authority may by regulations make provision for imposing producer responsibility obligations on specified persons in respect of specified products or materials.

(2)     The regulations may be made only for the purpose of—

(a)     preventing a product or material becoming waste, or reducing the amount of a product or material that becomes waste;

(b)     sustaining a minimum level of, or promoting or securing an increase in, the re-use, redistribution, recovery or recycling of products or materials.

(3)     In this Schedule “producer responsibility obligations†means steps required to be taken, in respect of products or materials, for a purpose in sub-paragraph (2).

Examples of provision that may be made

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(1)     The regulations may make provision about—

(a)     the persons to whom producer responsibility obligations apply;

(b)     the products or materials in relation to which producer responsibility obligations apply;

(c)     the obligations imposed by the regulations.

(2)     The regulations may make provision about targets to be achieved in relation to the proportion of products or materials (by weight, volume or otherwise) to be re-used, redistributed, recovered or recycled (either

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