reg 34 Collection Arrangements
(1) If paragraph (2) applies, the operator of a designated collection facility may require any scheme operator to arrange for the collection and treatment of deposited WEEE from that facility. (2) This paragraph applies where there is no contract in place for the collection and treatment of WEEE that is in the same WEEE collection stream as deposited WEEE between the operator of the designated collection facility and— (a) the scheme operator required to take action under paragraph (1), or (b) any other scheme operator. (3) Nothing in this regulation— (a) prevents the operator of the designated collection facility from contacting more than one scheme operator before taking action under paragraph (1); (b) prevents the scheme operator required to take action under paragraph (1) from entering into an arrangement with other scheme operators to arrange for the collection and treatment of the deposited WEEE; (ba) prevents the fulfilment by an approved PBS (within the meaning of regulation 34B) of a requirement under paragraph (1) to arrange for the collection and treatment of the deposited WEEE; (c) obliges the scheme operator required to take action under paragraph (1) to collect and treat any WEEE which the operator of the designated collection facility is approved to retain under regulation 53. (4) In this regulation— “deposited WEEE” means WEEE deposited at the designated collection facility mentioned in paragraph (1); “operator of a designated collection facility means— a local authority, or a person operating a designated collection facility on behalf of a local authority; “scheme operator” means an operator of a scheme approved under regulation 55 for the purpose of complying with obligations under regulation 28 relating to WEEE from private households.