reg 24A Exception for OMP producers
(1) This regulation applies where a requirement imposed on a producer under regulation 22, 23 or 24 would apply to a producer who is an OMP producer. (2) Where this regulation applies— (a) references in regulations 22, 23 or 24 to “a producer or authorised representative” are to be read as though they referred to the non-UK supplier or that person’s authorised representative supplying the EEE on the online marketplace of the OMP producer; (b) for the purposes of any obligation placed on a non-UK supplier under sub-paragraph (a)— (i) in sub-paragraph (f)(v) of the definition of “appropriate authority” in regulation 2— (aa) the reference to the producer in relation to that obligation is to be read as though it referred to the non-UK supplier, and (bb) the reference to the Environment Agency is to be read as though it referred to the Secretary of State; (ii) the non-UK supplier may appoint an authorised representative as though the non-UK supplier were a producer making the appointment under regulation 14(2);