Regulation 16A Collection etc. of scheme packaging and returnable packaging from return point operators, hospitality retailers and takeback service providers and connected paymentF1

(1)

The scheme administrator must—

(a)

collect from return point operators all of the scheme packaging or returnable packaging accepted by those return point operators,

(b)

collect from hospitality retailers all of the scheme packaging kept by those hospitality retailers,

(c)

collect, or accept the return of, all of the scheme packaging or returnable packaging accepted by takeback service providers.

(2)

The scheme administrator must pay each return point operator from whom it collects scheme packaging or returnable packaging—

(a)

the sum equal to the deposit for each item of scheme packaging or returnable packaging that it collects from the return point operator, and

(b)

the handling payment determined by the scheme administrator under article 14 (handling payment) of the Designation Order 2025.

(3)

The scheme administrator must pay hospitality retailers from whom it collects any scheme packaging the total amount of sums equal to the deposits which have been paid by those hospitality retailers in respect of the collected scheme packaging.

(4)

The scheme administrator must pay each takeback service provider from whom it collects, or accepts, scheme packaging or returnable packaging the sum equal to the deposit for each item of scheme packaging or returnable packaging that it collects, or accepts, from takeback service provider.

(5)

The scheme administrator must make any payment required under paragraphs (2)(a), (3) or (4)—

(a)

at such intervals, and

(b)

in such manner

as are determined in accordance with its approved operational plan.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 16-16B substituted for reg. 16 (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 15