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

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8 Household packaging

(1) In these Regulations, “household packaging”, except in the expression “household packaging waste”, means any primary packaging or shipment packaging other than— (a) primary packaging supplied by a producer in relation to which the conditions in paragraph (2) or the conditions in paragraph (3) are satisfied; (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) packaging imported by an importer and discarded in the United Kingdom by that importer. (2) The conditions in this paragraph are that— (a) the packaging has been supplied directly by a producer to a business or a public institution; and (b) that business or public institution does not supply to any other person— (i) the packaging; or (ii) the product which the packaging contains in its packaged form. (3) The conditions in this paragraph are that the packaging— (a) is for a business product; and (b) is not reasonably likely to be disposed of in a household bin or public bin. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b)(ii), a product which is supplied to another person is to be treated as being supplied in its packaged form unless all packaging is removed from the product before it is supplied. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), packaging is for a business product if it is— (a) supplied with a business product; or (b) unfilled packaging which— (i) is made for use with a business product; and (ii) the supplier of the packaging has evidence will be used with a business product. (6) In this regulation— “business product” means a product which is designed only for use by a business or a public institution; “household bin” means a receptacle designed to collect waste material from a household which is not a business or a public institution; “public institution” means— a school, university or other educational establishment; a hospital or the practice of a general medical practitioner or dentist; a nursing home or other residential home; a government department; a relevant authority; a court or tribunal; a person who discharges public functions under any enactment; a charity or not for profit body; or a penal institution. (7) For the purposes of the definition of “public institution” in paragraph (6)— “charity” has the same meaning as in regulation 12; “dentist” means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14(1) of the Dentists Act 1984; “general medical practitioner” means a person registered in the General Practitioner Register kept by the General Medical Council under section 34C of the Medical Act 1983; “government department” includes— any part of the Scottish Administration; a Northern Ireland department; the Welsh Government; “not for profit body” means a body which, by virtue of its constitution or any enactment— is required, after payment of outgoings, to apply for charitable or public purposes the whole of its income and any capital which it expends; and is prohibited from directly or indirectly distributing among its members any part of its assets otherwise than for charitable or public purposes.

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8 Household packaging

(1) In these Regulations, “household packaging”, except in the expression “household packaging waste”, means any primary packaging or shipment packaging other than— (a) primary packaging supplied by a producer in relation to which the conditions in paragraph (2) or the conditions in paragraph (3) are satisfied; (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) packaging imported by an importer and discarded in the United Kingdom by that importer. (2) The conditions in this paragraph are that— (a) the packaging has been supplied directly by a producer to a business or a public institution; and (b) that business or public institution does not supply to any other person— (i) the packaging; or (ii) the product which the packaging contains in its packaged form. (3) The conditions in this paragraph are that the packaging— (a) is for a business product; and (b) is not reasonably likely to be disposed of in a household bin or public bin. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b)(ii), a product which is supplied to another person is to be treated as being supplied in its packaged form unless all packaging is removed from the product before it is supplied. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), packaging is for a business product if it is— (a) supplied with a business product; or (b) unfilled packaging which— (i) is made for use with a business product; and (ii) the supplier of the packaging has evidence will be used with a business product. (6) In this regulation— “business product” means a product which is designed only for use by a business or a public institution; “household bin” means a receptacle designed to collect waste material from a household which is not a business or a public institution; “public institution” means— a school, university or other educational establishment; a hospital or the practice of a general medical practitioner or dentist; a nursing home or other residential home; a government department; a relevant authority; a court or tribunal; a person who discharges public functions under any enactment; a charity or not for profit body; or a penal institution. (7) For the purposes of the definition of “public institution” in paragraph (6)— “charity” has the same meaning as in regulation 12; “dentist” means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14(1) of the Dentists Act 1984; “general medical practitioner” means a person registered in the General Practitioner Register kept by the General Medical Council under section 34C of the Medical Act 1983; “government department” includes— any part of the Scottish Administration; a Northern Ireland department; the Welsh Government; “not for profit body” means a body which, by virtue of its constitution or any enactment— is required, after payment of outgoings, to apply for charitable or public purposes the whole of its income and any capital which it expends; and is prohibited from directly or indirectly distributing among its members any part of its assets otherwise than for charitable or public purposes.

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