27.  A person making an application to register scheme members or a small producer under regulation 26 must ensure that it—

(a)is in writing, is signed by the appropriate person and is in the format published by the appropriate authority under regulation 76;

(b)contains in relation to each producer who is a subject of the application the information set out in Schedule 2;

(c)in the case of an application to register scheme members, is accompanied by evidence that the battery compliance scheme has been approved under regulation 49.