Regulation 1 Citation and commencementI1

Scotland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020.

(2)

Parts 1, 4 and 6 come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

(3)

In Part 5, regulations 22 to 25 come into force on 1 January 2021.

(4)

Part 3 comes into force on 1 January 2022.

F1(4A)

In Part 5, regulations 19, 20 and 21 come into force on 1 July 2025 for the purposes only of registration of groceries retailers, return point operators and takeback service providers.

(5)

Parts 2 F2, 7 and 8, and F3regulations 19, 20 and 21 for all purposes and the remaining provisions of Part 5 come into force on F41 October 2027.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 1(4A) inserted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 3(a)
F2: Words in reg. 1(5) substituted (25.2.2022) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/76), regs. 1(1), 3(a) (with reg. 15)
F3: Words in reg. 1(5) inserted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 3(b)(i)
F4: Words in reg. 1(5) substituted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 3(b)(ii)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 1 in force at 20.5.2020, see reg. 1(2)