reg 76 Approval of compliance fee; methodology and administration
(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with such persons or bodies as appear to him representative of the interests concerned, approve— (a) a methodology for the calculation of a compliance fee; and (b) the appointment of a third party to oversee the administration of that compliance fee. (2) Any person or body referred to in paragraph (1) may submit a proposed methodology to the Secretary of State by no later than 30th September in the compliance period in which the methodology will apply. (3) The Secretary of State must publish the methodology for the calculation of a compliance fee where one has been approved in accordance with paragraph (1). (4) Any methodology approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (1) will take into account the different costs associated with the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of each of the WEEE collection streams and will be set at a level which encourages schemes to take all reasonable steps to meet their collection target without recourse to the compliance fee. (5) The Secretary of State will only approve one methodology in each compliance period.