SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Producer responsibility obligations
PART 1Requirements
I1I2I3I4I51General power
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).