Regulation 20ZB Effect of making an application for a return point exemption: applications ongoing at 1st October 2027F1

(1)

This regulation applies where—

(a)

a groceries retailer applies for an exemption under regulation 20ZA before 1st October 2027, and

(b)

the scheme administrator has not made a decision on that application by the end of 30th September 2027.

(2)

Irrespective of the final outcome of the exemption application, the groceries retailer is not required to operate a return point in respect of the premises specified in the exemption application during the period—

(a)

beginning with 1st October 2027, and

(b)

ending—

(i)

if the return point exemption is granted, immediately before the exemption takes effect,

(ii)

if the return point exemption is refused and the groceries retailer has asked the scheme administrator to review its decision under article 20 (internal review of decisions made by the scheme administrator) of the Designation Order 2025, at the end of the period during which the review is carried out,

(iii)

if the return point exemption is refused and the groceries retailer has not asked the scheme administrator to review its decision under article 20 of the Designation Order 2025, at the end of the period within which the groceries retailer could have asked the scheme administrator to review its decision under article 20 of the Designation Order 2025.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 20ZA-20ZC inserted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 18