The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024

[^key-ac109f3c45f2563fe7c0cc34c5ed7c9c]: Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-ae4507f9219564a32f3165461426879e]: Sch. 14 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ae6d45d63a73d7d349e38f1f30cbde6c]: Sch. 4 para. 6 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-af147bf8cf629c0e67967f1c51cae976]: Reg. 81 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-af21b69e222559c1d56377aefc151cb6]: Sch. 17 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-af8d2cdcc3ab6ea121404c1f40cd72ee]: Sch. 8 para. 23 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-afa9fe881c1845065ee7b56dcadf151b]: Reg. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-afc3560890803eadeb74a8f9d0b9619f]: Sum in Sch. 1 para. 6(3)(c) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(d) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-aff1229e3fadc442e0b6537b2d096829]: Reg. 88 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-b00a6a0a4b8d2eb8b91cc6873b45ad54]: Words in reg. 31(e) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-b13639e89155d576b42b28c4628fb6c2]: Regs. 27A-27C inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 4)

[^key-b25fe095dada78cbae7ca7f285e7f90b]: Sch. 16 para. 3 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-b4456c09a313990b43e0fb13702b7747]: Word in reg. 68(1) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 7(7)(a)(i) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-b50bdfc99662eafa33d7b73396a4970c]: Sch. 8 para. 31(d) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 15(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-b574cfa2eacb2dbe18aebf8383abdc78]: Reg. 34(3)(aa) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 6(4)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-b6ce96b71e25b0b72ddb646b41a13721]: Reg. 65(2A) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 7(5) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-b7affe880f139998ee37326695d3e36a]: Reg. 105 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-b8e343f25291218452f5a3f662aa62fa]: Sch. 9 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ba025364e605c6fa9512523f4f0a8517]: Words in reg. 98(b)(iii) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 8 (with Sch. 4)

[^key-ba32ffbbc78d7f938b1218489f456a93]: Reg. 118(4A) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 10(2) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-ba793fe8be9d31dcc727948813184375]: Sch. 5 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bb54887fb49bcfe8e2f2bb5eb5e9be84]: Sch. 8 para. 31 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bbb05c71b67f30bf871122c9fd7bda0d]: Sch. 6 para. 15 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bc04af799489007a5f08d53d3558b61e]: Sch. 13 para. 1 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bc09bb2ff1667a9d7b87d7ec8a2bc4b5]: Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bc4ef7435abeaed26f04eab0d2e2cdb4]: Sch. 6 para. 10 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bc65cdd8dad1c64ef97e4a5283c715c1]: Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bcb0cabc4611aba2851cef1291f0c0be]: Sch. 12 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bccdac38fcc41902877541bc5724faa4]: Sch. 8 para. 32 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bd031a52532bd276f645d4fc3eec8169]: Sch. 12 para. 1 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-bdb233384d156305f2fe5fc4d0246d2c]: Reg. 69 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-be4b6556bea017426726f0202d3c87e8]: Sch. 8 para. 29 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c05b7906ab2a9f94ef08c94b3a7a841a]: Reg. 103 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c094a1b8071f1f29ebc9dec176554684]: Sch. 11 para. 1 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c0d21a088f7f3f8c758e2e13d487cc7d]: Sch. 7 para. 12 in force at 12.12.2024, see reg. 1(3)

[^key-c199fd4c5d725563af63514c51549bc6]: Reg. 98 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c19e44447783505de6f8a1d3e8a09c25]: Sch. 10 para. 1 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c28059d37fc797335ac48f95c6106db7]: Reg. 28(2A)(2B) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 6(1) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-c36fc3b54b586de1353acbfc6e660586]: Sch. 6 para. 8 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c3d1aba73d8d2c216623f19928f6aa64]: Reg. 57 in force at 1.1.2025 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c47b44ed00875fddce6774c7b25ec5e2]: Words in reg. 68(1) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 7(7)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-c522623da6988d71c8dada5b53cd307b]: Sch. 13 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c5fa7b56cb15583bfd7fc40297561453]: Reg. 19 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c60233133fec19d536d0dfdea1b6d06a]: Sch. 11 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c7957e23432e6a447c5901a72ba464d8]: Reg. 74 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c7b34865514e8434334855273b9dd436]: Reg. 17 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c7ee5a58ef22e9a643b69299268b8d34]: Reg. 121 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c97140eb3a4c7da5076cfc6d8c44b03e]: Sch. 4 para. 7 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c978b762299be129f841a126cb41f944]: Sch. 10 para. 14 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-c9d9c2522dcccd18946a86601a8d9fce]: Reg. 41 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ca0ea3586badd451ef9c698db8537724]: Sch. 4 para. 11 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-cb89569c9e48ae0a2a8505ac1451d4a1]: Reg. 91 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-cbbafdc29cc985d0a0dbd0feb995b4b7]: Sch. 11 para. 5 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-cc531a8f59b1e52c809c405e671eb2e1]: Reg. 2(1) in force at 12.12.2024, see reg. 1(3)

[^key-cc637da0a19ac094fca917e82173ebf0]: Sch. 6 para. 7 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-cc983789dec34a13b6eeeeb4647d9673]: Sch. 6 para. 19 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-cc9fd7c19ebe4535c23d0fb5c953ce06]: Sch. 13 para. 21 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-cdf287f456cf74062ad27ecc4a174d0c]: Sum in Sch. 1 para. 4(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(4)(f) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-ce4a08d10f0af9f514adc1ce2a388ea8]: Sch. 8 para. 5 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ce8d55b5f34d27f8f5b97287f991a3b5]: Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-cf1a9852a4988f6c509c61629cf78440]: Reg. 137 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-cf9885295b91319e44c62e1a6d7c7b7c]: Word in reg. 35(1) Table 2 omitted (1.1.2026) by virtue of The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 6(5) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-cfbaaec8be9fcad6feaab207f0954f8d]: Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d0f0eeb00234946d189fbcb6c0cfaeaa]: Words in reg. 62(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-d1bf3a2ad553a8ec77a09ab016e5c4f5]: Reg. 71 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d2aa7ce6cffb30464620be7ec27ecad2]: Sch. 10 para. 5 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d3912108e86b3ce2b2ee664efa0ed426]: Words in reg. 62(1) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(a)(i) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-d3b31b24c2632ebf9ab9bdd4e0f7afd4]: Sch. 5 para. 5 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d3c55f724a66818ba4e3454b178692a6]: Sch. 3 para. 10 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d3e401904a984a60941a3e8698d44c78]: Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d41292ffbdfb9187ba83d8af8a165ca0]: Sch. 6 para. 17 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d4285e023ff42de5f199c7d30e75aade]: Sch. 15 para. 6 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d64a58d638dbe319078eca8e049cd777]: Sch. 4 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d703df1893d70348fa3f9f64b7f84f9a]: Reg. 138 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d7614f8414b40a50ffd2ab3f1f724e2b]: Reg. 110 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d762d1bccc52a1ea7569b87aeb06d779]: Pt. 2 Ch. 3 heading substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 5(5) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-d7992cc454000a453b608baf58830a95]: Reg. 116 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d7efc523fe3f11fb5a7c5184635fd216]: Reg. 48 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d836a7540b07e5433e530d6ffc90ed60]: Reg. 87 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d86fb0bcdaa9b2675f6b9f76ddd6fe84]: Reg. 135(1) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 11 (with Sch. 4)

[^key-da3842fd311a839e9208c0191274637a]: Reg. 80 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-dabdafaeefeff1c1f63fe1fe535ec082]: Sch. 13 para. 25 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-dc0802ac5e37de490f7420860c3cfdda]: Sch. 7 para. 3 in force at 12.12.2024, see reg. 1(3)

[^key-dc0d1db3073cd10c4fa364ecf49bb85e]: Sch. 8 para. 22 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-dc91d4ac0c35a2c384e9ffa26ecce6ea]: Reg. 42 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-dcf3171662b0d2dca65532a41cbd0ef4]: Sch. 15 para. 12 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ddc587bfdf9b2ac46df5debcd09e2096]: Sch. 14 para. 5 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-dde4f5fe5ea8e928196e58b096681515]: Reg. 129 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ddf04a9b532b653d739060acd9b670e9]: Sch. 8 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-df756ccbbcaf0b7ae264c57874a6e323]: Sch. 8 para. 7 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e0092183178238b666b24f1c871ffb69]: Reg. 47 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e1713515d4929582d18281d14ed88916]: Reg. 101 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e31eae8465f1bfe07970052c39134eec]: Reg. 114 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e375e8a67ae8c46698140f15313a3c0a]: Sch. 10 para. 3 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e405f5d1dba75b3b85be051d78a1b52d]: Reg. 8(1)(b) omitted (1.1.2026) by virtue of The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 4(3) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-e4f7c6165ea964734fb2b802144ab814]: Reg. 14 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e54a8c6eb1d21afd23df93c75a32de20]: Reg. 50 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e60c6ed96e1cff40478e54519901b9f7]: Reg. 56 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e6174145ac77c7052d738188a62e973b]: Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 12.12.2024, see reg. 1(3)

[^key-e6716632c0d744d825b9ea3bde83fec5]: Reg. 62(2A)(2B) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(c) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-e7060a0148e7fe2c107b2f4552a853bd]: Reg. 25(2)(b) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 5(4)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-e7a91d7ba894748daadb1bc1b3eb43bf]: Reg. 133 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e810514ac0a632569c75e3a056820613]: Sch. 6 para. 13 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e83411ffc401462a42cc1789ba9cf381]: Word in reg. 60(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-e848a80a71273b45c71fe65c82d41d59]: Sch. 8 para. 19 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e877615e4ca878894a7a77966934e57f]: Reg. 77 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e87db7de970585ddd882a11d352fb88a]: Sum in Sch. 1 para. 6(3)(d) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(e) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-e87ee4e9fa3187dadea034a9dfc0b8bb]: Sch. 3 para. 5 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e985013e563426e6a55fc59e5c332d30]: Sch. 5 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-e99c6e6942b5575dce75f3d60eccca57]: Sch. 9 para. 16 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ea18b5cae506c377bcca56d0a1d14b0d]: Sch. 10 para. 9 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ea240d8d6336a51826c2adf50ae282ab]: Sch. 10 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ea9df4305a986beeb99ab400ce7f18af]: Reg. 37 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-eaa740738c7357d26d431a4b17ecbe4a]: Reg. 111 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ebca43aa3e26e981d7f177e9381b4048]: Sum in Sch. 1 para. 6(3)(b) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(c) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-ec17c58fbabedf575f399a1fed05a0e4]: Reg. 100 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ecf94adba94eea3493893d8e2e86e7fd]: Words in reg. 12 renumbered as reg. 12(2) (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-ed456c4289d5525bd13d1ac4df601a92]: Reg. 122 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ed5ce44d1bc1e53bcb5ae33f30a12d1b]: Sch. 6 para. 14 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-edbe98bbd69d9b34105c1e755bcc09e2]: Sch. 7 para. 1(2A)-(2C) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(a) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-ee353f2c38d177da2dbf1047849a248c]: Word in Sch. 4 para. 1(3) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 13(2)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-ee73b13418052bfc12b7d96a732b5954]: Sch. 6 para. 20 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-eeb4acd46715b4a7bccd8e5eac70e405]: Sch. 8 para. 28 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ef93cc9c103ad83aaa3f64e5e3fb52e9]: Reg. 107 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-efd63d1ab5852b02d72c6a036bfff37c]: Sch. 1 para. 2(2A) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(g) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-efdf2de8b410d7db97ee0ad8ecc6cdd4]: Reg. 55 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f02ec11aed9d71c2bc914d6eedd660c9]: Sch. 1 para. 4(2A) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(4)(g) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f03eeeae7ea860fe8a3c2e741ce3baea]: Sum in Sch. 1 para. 6(4) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(f) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f04b5d5ef3be9d69be04670f34d60007]: Sch. 16 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f05da5b54f20bc79f0771085ca538a01]: Reg. 34(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 6(4)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f123a874b25cb1c17de64f7295ea554a]: Sch. 13 para. 23 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f1934aa2675d50183a87425b1f30a573]: Words in reg. 34(3)(a)(i) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 6(4)(c)(i) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f2345de86b91f2a9797e169a834aff04]: Sch. 11 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f23fb22167ca86984ecab08f367d4332]: Sch. 15 para. 8 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f2e18d752ae59db8c92e327e218a511a]: Reg. 102 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f2ec92fba070b55560b427149c7dd6fb]: Sch. 8 para. 27 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f32b8d12582bf053be7f7fb2ea6c62da]: Reg. 51 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f337998392156f6d905bcd0ad74daa03]: Sum in Sch. 1 para. 5(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(5)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f353ab4cda3e31a3b9f4d24a44a077e2]: Reg. 16(3) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f3d580e562fdfa2213fadf05649f0349]: Sum in Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(d)(i) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 12(4)(d) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f66de4419408d7b41e64fd01d48bec20]: Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f6bb09eaf6d868eee830b656d9bca286]: Reg. 82 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f6c145db9ddb5d299c1ef91c5b5dbad2]: Reg. 11(1)(c) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 4(4)(a) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f6c32bf2ca853ab1db46cf6a1e7dd983]: Reg. 89 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f74eaff17982d6a52257368574e09d30]: Sch. 8 para. 16 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f758b1c1f7ef365914b9cddb6e03b87f]: Words in reg. 63(4) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 7(3) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-f7757781a0318c2df04a5018ac661cf4]: Reg. 29 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f856bbacbbb0ffbe12d22e429d25202d]: Sch. 7 para. 6 in force at 12.12.2024, see reg. 1(3)

[^key-f960d5b8ceee486a5e78eb8d26cf03cc]: Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f9b7cb3ce73ccb9df0100c13220fa9fa]: Sch. 15 para. 7 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-fa57946f5d2a2c55c3dc1d173bce33f1]: Sch. 13 para. 10 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-fc32a365026463f081788495254a9851]: Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-fc74ead1791dda1bbbcce824f7ac9c3f]: Sch. 13 para. 24 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-fc7b58f04c3d91a43ed77c97bddf0d0c]: Reg. 11(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1369), regs. 1(2), 4(4)(b) (with Sch. 4)

[^key-fc93900a4d07f220cf1218f0df909a78]: Reg. 119 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-fcf00592af3e5e621f6881670c45ee9e]: Reg. 38 in force at 1.1.2025, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-fedc4f3b7e0840edfa37c9fa1bc100b6]: Sch. 7 para. 9 in force at 12.12.2024, see reg. 1(3)

[^key-ffd74abb7f148ebe7e46e32a2072ac3b]: Sch. 7 para. 1 in force at 12.12.2024, see reg. 1(3)

Corporate mergers

27A

• (1) This regulation applies to a body corporate (“CB”) resulting from the merger of two or more bodies corporate (“the merged bodies”), where, in the relevant year in which the merger took place (“year M”), one or more of the merged bodies was a large producer or a small producer.

• (2) In year M and in the following year, CB is to be treated as—

• (a) a large producer, if one or more of the merged bodies was a large producer in year M; or

• (b) a small producer, if none of the merged bodies was a large producer in year M.

• (3) CB must apply to be registered in accordance with regulation 28(2A).

• (4) CB is to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as supplying in year M the sum of the amounts of packaging supplied in that year—

• (a) before the merger, by each of the merged bodies which were producers; and

• (b) after the merger, by CB.

• (5) CB must comply with the producer responsibility obligations of each of the merged bodies for—

• (a) year M, and

• (b) any previous relevant year,

in so far as those obligations are continuing obligations (such as an obligation to retain data or evidence) or the obligations have not been fully complied with before the merger took place.

• (6) Where CB is liable by virtue of paragraph (5) to meet the recycling obligations of a merged body, any PRNs or PERNs obtained by the merged body before the merger may be transferred to CB and used by CB to demonstrate compliance with those recycling obligations.

• (7) CB is liable to pay a disposal fee and an administration fee to the scheme administrator for the assessment year beginning on 1st April in year M, in an amount determined in accordance with paragraph (8), if—

• (a) the merger takes place on or after 1st April in year M, and one or more of the merged bodies was, before the merger takes place, a liable producer in relation to that assessment year; or

• (b) the merger takes place before 1st April in year M, and one or more of the merged bodies would have been a liable producer in relation to that assessment year if the merger had not taken place.

• (8) The amount payable under paragraph (7) is the sum of the amounts of the disposal fees and the administration fees for the assessment year which—

• (a) were due from each of the merged bodies before the merger and are unpaid; or

• (b) would, but for the merger, have become due from each of the merged bodies.

• (9) If any of the merged bodies was a liable producer in relation to a previous assessment year, CB is liable to pay to the scheme administrator any disposal fee or administration fee for that assessment year which—

• (a) was due from the merged body before the merger and is unpaid; or

• (b) would, but for the merger, have become due from the merged body under regulation 68 or as a result of a recalculation under Chapter 5 of Part 5.

Transfers of ownership of a brand or business

27B

• (1) This regulation applies where, in a relevant year, a large producer or small producer (“the transferor”, or “TR”) transfers ownership to another person (“the transferee”, or “TE”) of—

• (a) a brand which appears on filled packaging; or

• (b) TR’s business, or a part of TR’s business which includes the supply of packaging.

• (2) TE must, within 28 days after the date of the transfer of ownership, inform the appropriate agency in writing of—

• (a) the brand or business acquired by TE;

• (b) the identity of the producer from which TE has acquired the brand or business; and

• (c) the date of the transfer of ownership.

• (3) TE must apply in accordance with regulation 28(2B)—

• (a) for producer registration, if TE is not registered as a producer for the relevant year in which the transfer of ownership takes place; or

• (b) to re-register as a large producer, if—

• (i) TE is registered as a small producer for that relevant year; and

• (ii) following the transfer of ownership, TE is to be treated as a large producer for that relevant year by virtue of paragraph (4)(a).

• (4) For the relevant year in which the transfer of ownership takes place, and each of the following two years, TE is to be treated as—

• (a) a large producer, if—

• (i) TE’s adjusted turnover was more than £2,000,000 in its last financial year that ended before 7th April in year Y-1 in respect of which audited accounts are available; and

• (ii) TE’s adjusted amount of packaging supplied in year Y-2 was more than 50 tonnes; or

• (b) a small producer, if one or both of the criteria in sub-paragraph (a) are not satisfied.

• (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(a)—

• (a) TE’s “adjusted turnover” means the sum of TE’s turnover in the financial year referred to in paragraph (4)(a)(i) and—

• (i) TR’s turnover in its last financial year that ended before 7th April in year Y-1 in respect of which audited accounts are available, if TR has transferred the whole of its business to TE; or

• (ii) the relevant proportion of TR’s turnover in that financial year, if TR has transferred ownership of a brand, or part of its business, to TE;

• (b) TE’s “adjusted amount of packaging supplied” means the sum of the amount of packaging supplied by TE in the calendar year in question and—

• (i) the amount of packaging supplied by TR in that year, if TR has transferred the whole of its business to TE; or

• (ii) the relevant proportion of the amount of packaging supplied by TR in that year, if TR has transferred ownership of a brand, or part of its business, to TE.

• (6) For the purposes of paragraph (5)(a)(ii), the “relevant proportion” of TR’s turnover means the proportion of TR’s turnover in the financial year in question that was attributable to the brand, or the part of TR’s business, that has been transferred to TE.

• (7) For the purposes of paragraph (5)(b)(ii), the “relevant proportion” of the amount of packaging supplied by TR means the proportion of the total amount of packaging supplied by TR in the calendar year in question that was supplied—

• (a) with the brand that TR has transferred to TE, or

• (b) by the part of TR’s business that TR has transferred to TE.

• (8) In paragraph (4), “year Y-1” means the calendar year preceding year Y, and “year Y-2” means the calendar year preceding year Y-1, where “year Y” means the relevant year for which it is being determined whether TE is a large producer or a small producer.

• (9) Paragraphs (4) to (7) of this regulation are to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 24(5)(b) and (c), (6) and (7).

Transfers of ownership: further obligations where the transferor is a large producer

27C

• (1) This regulation applies where—

• (a) a transfer of ownership of a brand or business takes place as referred to in regulation 27B(1); and

• (b) the transferor is a large producer in the relevant year in which the transfer of ownership takes place.

• (2) In this regulation, “TR” and “TE” have the same meanings as in regulation 27B.

• (3) TR and TE must each submit to the appropriate agency reports of data under regulation 35, or resubmit reports if they have already reported data under that regulation, for the reporting periods ending on 30th June and 31st December in—

• (a) the relevant year in which the transfer of ownership takes place; and

• (b) the year before that relevant year.

• (4) For the purpose of reports that are submitted or resubmitted under paragraph (3), any packaging that was supplied by TR before the date of the transfer of ownership with the brand, or by the business, acquired by TE, is to be treated as if it had been supplied by TE and not by TR.

• (5) Paragraphs (3) and (4) apply to TR regardless of whether it remains a producer following the transfer of the brand or business in question.

• (6) A report which is required to be submitted or resubmitted under paragraph (3) must be submitted or resubmitted to the appropriate agency—

• (a) on or before the later of—

• (i) the date on which reports for that reporting period are required to be submitted under regulation 35; or

• (ii) the end of a period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the transfer of ownership takes place; and

• (b) in accordance with regulation 39 (reporting obligations: general provisions).

• (7) If, for the relevant year in which the transfer of ownership takes place, TR would, but for this paragraph, be subject to recycling obligations in respect of packaging which was supplied with the brand, or by the business, that has been acquired by TE—

• (a) TR ceases to be subject to those recycling obligations; and

• (b) TE is subject to those recycling obligations instead.

• (8) If TR is (or would, but for the transfer, be) a liable producer under Part 5 in the assessment year starting on 1st April in the relevant year in which the transfer of ownership takes place, the disposal fees and administration fees payable by TR and TE for that assessment year are to be calculated taking into account the data submitted, or resubmitted, by TR and TE under paragraph (3)(a).

Late assessment of disposal and administration fees

67A

• (1) This paragraph applies where—

• (a) the scheme administrator has calculated under regulation 60(3)(a) the disposal fees and administration fees payable by liable producers for an assessment year;

• (b) for the purposes of those calculations, the scheme administrator has not treated a person (“P”) as being a liable producer; and

• (c) the scheme administrator subsequently obtains information from which it appears to the scheme administrator that P is a liable producer in relation to the assessment year.

• (2) Where paragraph (1) applies, the scheme administrator must serve on P a notice in writing—

• (a) informing P that the scheme administrator intends to treat P as a liable producer in relation to the assessment year, and stating the grounds on which it appears to the scheme administrator that P is a liable producer in relation to the assessment year; and

• (b) stating that if P asserts that P is not a liable producer in relation to the assessment year, P may, within such reasonable period as is specified in the notice, provide information to the scheme administrator to substantiate that.

• (3) If, after the expiry of the period specified in a notice served under paragraph (2), and after considering any information provided by P within that period, the scheme administrator is satisfied that P is a liable producer in relation to the assessment year, the scheme administrator must as soon as reasonably practicable—

• (a) calculate the disposal fee and administration fee payable by P for the assessment year; and

• (b) subject to paragraph (8), serve a notice of liability on P, which must include the information specified in regulation 67(2) and (3).

• (4) If P has not reported any data under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 for the calendar year preceding the start of the assessment year, the scheme administrator may calculate the disposal fee and administration fee payable by P using estimates, based on the best available evidence, of the amounts of—

• (a) household packaging in each packaging category supplied by P in that calendar year; and

• (b) that household packaging which consists of commonly binned or littered items.

• (5) This paragraph applies if—

• (a) the scheme administrator serves a notice of liability on P under paragraph (3)(b); and

• (b) the scheme administrator did not previously treat P as a liable producer in relation to the assessment year because of a failure by P, or a person acting on P’s behalf, to comply with these Regulations.

• (6) Where paragraph (5) applies, the scheme administrator may—

• (a) determine the date on which payment of the disposal fees and administration fees specified in the notice of liability would have fallen due, but for that failure to comply; and

• (b) charge P interest from that date on the amount of the disposal fees and administration fees.

• (7) Where the scheme administrator charges P interest under paragraph (6)(b), the notice of liability must state—

• (a) the amount of interest charged;

• (b) the period for which it is charged; and

• (c) the reason why it is charged.

• (8) The scheme administrator may not serve a notice of liability on P under paragraph (3)(b)—

• (a) more than 4 years after the end of the assessment year to which the notice of liability relates (“the 4-year period”), unless sub-paragraph (b) applies; or

• (b) more than 10 years after the end of the assessment year to which the notice of liability relates, if the scheme administrator was unable to make the calculations referred to in paragraph (3)(a) within the 4-year period because of the failure of P, or a person acting on P’s behalf, to comply with their obligations under these Regulations.

Payments and interest

Appointment of a PRO: supplementary

1A

• (1) The scheme administrator may only appoint a body as a PRO if the scheme administrator is satisfied that the body—

• (a) is a not-for-profit body corporate but is not a charity; and

• (b) is suitable for appointment as a PRO, taking into account—

• (i) the level of support for the body’s appointment among persons appearing to the scheme administrator to represent the interests of producers and other persons likely to be affected by the appointment;

• (ii) the extent to which the conferral on the body of the functions which the scheme administrator proposes to appoint it to perform would provide value for money;

• (iii) if the body, or another body under the management or control of the same persons, has previously been appointed as a PRO, its performance of the functions conferred on it under any previous appointment; and

• (iv) such other matters as the scheme administrator considers relevant, having regard in particular to the nature of the functions which it is proposed to confer on the PRO.

• (2) The appointment of a PRO—

• (a) must be for a specified period (“the appointment period”); and

• (b) continues until the end of the appointment period unless revoked under paragraph 1B, even if the person appointing the PRO ceases to be the scheme administrator before the end of that period.

• (3) The appointment of a PRO may, subject to sub-paragraph (4), be subject to such conditions (if any) as the scheme administrator considers appropriate.

• (4) But the appointment of a PRO may not give the scheme administrator power to direct the PRO in relation to the performance of functions conferred on the PRO under the appointment.

• (5) The scheme administrator may, with the consent of the appropriate authorities—

• (a) extend a body’s appointment as a PRO; or

• (b) vary a body’s appointment as a PRO by conferring additional functions on the body or by removing functions from the body.

• (6) The scheme administrator may, with the consent of the appropriate authorities and the agreement of the PRO, by notice in writing vary or revoke any condition to which a PRO is subject.

• (7) In sub-paragraph (1), a “not-for-profit body corporate” means a body corporate which uses money earned by, or donated to, that body corporate solely to pursue its objectives and which does not distribute income to its members, directors or officers except for reasonable remuneration for goods or services supplied to that body.

Revocation of appointment of a PRO

1B

• (1) The scheme administrator may, with the consent of the appropriate authorities, revoke the appointment of a PRO before the end of the appointment period if it appears to the scheme administrator that—

• (a) the body has failed to meet one or more conditions of its appointment;

• (b) the body has knowingly or recklessly supplied to the scheme administrator information which is false or is misleading in a material particular—

• (i) in respect of its application for appointment as a PRO; or

• (ii) in connection with the performance of its functions as a PRO;

• (c) the body has been convicted of an offence involving financial impropriety or fraud;

• (d) an insolvency event, within the meaning given in Schedule 2, has taken place in relation to the body;

• (e) the body has become subject to a petition or application for winding-up, administration or receivership;

• (f) the body is likely to be unable to comply with the conditions of its appointment, by reason of a change of circumstances which the body has notified to the scheme administrator;

• (g) the body has, in relation to any activities which are regulated by the appropriate agency—

• (i) failed to comply with a notice issued by the appropriate agency;

• (ii) failed to pay any amount owed by it to the appropriate agency; or

• (iii) had a civil sanction imposed on it by the appropriate agency, had an enforcement undertaking accepted by the appropriate agency, or been convicted of an offence upon prosecution by the appropriate agency.

• (2) The scheme administrator—

• (a) must revoke a body’s appointment as a PRO if the scheme administrator considers—

• (i) that a mandatory exclusion ground set out in Schedule 6 to the Procurement Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”) applies to the body or to a connected person; and

• (ii) either—

• (aa) the circumstances giving rise to the application of the exclusion ground are continuing or likely to occur again; or

• (bb) the body, or a connected person, is on the debarment list under section 62 of the 2023 Act by virtue of a mandatory exclusion ground set out in Schedule 6 to that Act;

• (b) may revoke a body’s appointment as a PRO if the scheme administrator considers—

• (i) that a discretionary exclusion ground set out in Schedule 7 to the 2023 Act applies to the body or to a connected person; and

• (ii) either—

• (aa) the circumstances giving rise to the application of the exclusion ground are continuing or likely to occur again; or

• (bb) the body, or a connected person, is on the debarment list under section 62 of the 2023 Act by virtue of a discretionary exclusion ground set out in Schedule 7 to that Act.

• (3) If the scheme administrator proposes to revoke a body’s appointment as a PRO, it must first give the body a notice of its intention to do so (a “notice of intent”).

• (4) A notice of intent must be in writing and must—

• (a) state that the scheme administrator proposes to revoke the body’s appointment as a PRO, and the reasons why;

• (b) specify the date on which it proposes that the revocation will take effect;

• (c) state that the body may make representations in connection with the proposed revocation of its appointment;

• (d) specify the form and manner in which, and date by which, any such representations must be made.

• (5) The scheme administrator must consider any representations that are made in the specified form and manner and by the specified date.

• (6) The scheme administrator must give the body notice in writing of its decision whether to revoke its appointment as a PRO and, where the decision is to revoke its appointment, the date on which the revocation will take effect.

Transfer of assets etc.

1C

• (1) The scheme administrator may transfer relevant property, rights and liabilities of an outgoing PRO to—

• (a) the scheme administrator; or

• (b) another PRO appointed to take over the functions of the outgoing PRO,

as a consequence of the outgoing PRO ceasing to be a PRO.

• (2) The relevant property, rights and liabilities of the outgoing PRO that may be transferred under paragraph (1) are—

• (a) data created and compiled specifically for the purposes of the functions of the scheme administrator under these Regulations;

• (b) intellectual property;

• (c) IT systems;

• (d) contracts entered into by the outgoing PRO for the purposes of the functions it has been appointed to carry out on behalf of the scheme administrator;

• (e) staff and human resources systems.

• (3) The scheme administrator may only transfer such of the relevant property, rights and liabilities set out in paragraph (2) as constitute the minimum assets required to enable the continued exercise of the scheme administrator’s functions under these Regulations.

• (4) The property, rights and liabilities that may be transferred under this paragraph include property, rights and liabilities that would not otherwise be capable of being transferred or assigned by the outgoing PRO.

• (5) A transfer of property, rights and liabilities under this paragraph takes effect despite the absence of any required consent or concurrence to or with the transfer and as if—

• (a) no liability existed in respect of a contravention of a requirement for consent or concurrence, and

• (b) there were no interference with any property or right,

that would otherwise exist by reason of any provision (whether under any enactment or agreement or otherwise) having effect in relation to the terms on which the outgoing PRO is entitled to the property or right, or subject to the liability, in question.

• (6) For the purposes of this paragraph, any property, right or liability of the outgoing PRO is relevant property, or a relevant right or liability, only if it was acquired by, or the outgoing PRO became subject to it, in the course of, or in preparation for, the exercise of its functions as a PRO pursuant to an appointment under paragraph 1A.

• (7) In this paragraph and in paragraphs 1D and 1E, an “outgoing PRO” means a body whose appointment as a PRO expires or is revoked under paragraph 1B of this Schedule.

Transitional provision in connection with paragraph 1C

1D

• (1) Anything that—

• (a) is done (or has effect as if done) by or in relation to an outgoing PRO in respect of any property, right or liability transferred under paragraph 1C; and

• (b) has effect immediately before the transfer takes place,

is to be treated as done by or in relation to the transferee.

• (2) There may be continued by or in relation to the transferee anything, including legal proceedings, that—

• (a) relates to any property, right or liability transferred under paragraph 1C, and

• (b) is in the process of being done by, on behalf of or in relation to the outgoing PRO immediately before the transfer takes place.

• (3) In this paragraph, “the transferee” means the scheme administrator or new PRO, as the case may be, to whom the property, right or liability is transferred.

Continuity in exercise of functions

1E

Anything done by an outgoing PRO in connection with the exercise of its functions has effect as if done by—

• (a) the new PRO, in a case where it is appointed to take over the functions of the outgoing PRO; or

• (b) the scheme administrator, in any other case.

Principles

Communications

Public information

Guidance, etc., to producers

Guidance, etc., to relevant authorities

Methodology and guidance on assessment of recyclability

Statement of policy on modulation of disposal fees

Lists

Complaints procedure

Strategy

Operational plan

Annual report

Accounts