An NSW regulated-battery switching concept that routes responsibility to a PSO when an agreement exists, or to brand owners when it does not.
Responsible entity matters because the same regulated-battery obligation may be routed differently depending on scheme status. The term decides whether a PSO or brand owners are the actors responsible for the relevant NSW stewardship duties.
This page is NSW-specific and should be read with the NSW definitions for regulated battery, brand owner, PSO, and regulated battery product stewardship scheme. It does not create a general responsible-entity rule for other jurisdictions.
Product Lifecycle Responsibility Regulation 2026 (NSW)
for a type of regulated battery, means— (a) if there is a stewardship administration agreement for the type of regulated battery—each PSO that is a party to the stewardship administration agreement, or (b) if there is no stewardship administration agreement for the type of regulated battery—each brand owner for the type of regulated battery.
NSW state-level regulated-battery product-stewardship source; not a national Australian battery-passport regime.
Reference: section 11
Use responsible entity when assigning account ownership, reports, records, or compliance tasks under an NSW regulated-battery scheme. The first implementation question is whether a stewardship administration agreement exists for the regulated-battery type.
For Minespider, responsible entity is the actor-routing field in the NSW cluster. It helps systems assign obligations to the PSO or to brand owners while keeping the underlying battery type, agreement status, and evidence responsibilities auditable.