The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendments to Schedule 1 (collection and reporting of information)

20.  In Schedule 1 (collection and reporting of information)—

(a)in the heading of Part 3 (information required from brand owners, importers, distributors and service providers)—

(i)after “brand owners,”, insert “packers/fillers,”;

(ii)after “importers”, insert “or first UK owners”;

(b)in paragraph 10—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1)—

(aa)in paragraph (a), omit the words from “or, for” to the end;

(bb)after paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa)packers/fillers,”;

(cc)in paragraph (b), after “importers”, insert “or first UK owners”;

(ii)after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) A producer required by regulation 17 (data reporting obligations) to report information in this Part—

(a)must only report that information in relation to packaging for which that person is a producer of a class listed in sub-paragraph (1);

(b)must not report any information in relation to any packaging in relation to which the producer only performs the function of a seller or an on-line marketplace operator.”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (3)(b), for “that information”, substitute “the information set out in paragraphs 11 to 13, 15, 16 and 22”;

(c)in paragraph 13—

(i)omit sub-paragraph (2);

(ii)for sub-paragraph (3), substitute—

“(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to packaging which an importer or first UK owner is treated as supplying within the meaning of regulation 10(2);”;

(d)in paragraph 16(2)(a) for “, paper and straws”, substitute “and paper”;

(e)in paragraph 17, in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) after “and 19” insert “for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer under regulation 8(10)”;

(f)in paragraphs 18 and 19, for “the producer has supplied”, substitute “supplied through an online marketplace operated by the producer”;

(g)in paragraph 20—

(i)at the end of the opening words, insert “for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer, or, for the information in paragraph 21, a producer of a class specified in that paragraph”;

(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (a), insert “where applicable”;

(iii)for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“(b)for large producers, the information in paragraphs 21 and 22, where applicable;”;

(iv)in sub-paragraph (d), for “22(3)”, substitute “22(2) and (3)”;

(h)in paragraph 21—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1)(b), after “the producer” the first time it is referred to, insert “imports and then”;

(ii)after sub-paragraph (1)(b), insert—

“(c)all packaging the producer takes ownership of and then discards, when the producer is a first UK owner;”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (2)(b), after “tertiary packaging” insert “and first UK owners who are treated as supplying secondary or tertiary packaging”.