{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-20ZC",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-20ZC.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2020/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/20ZC",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20ZC",
  "heading": "Effect of making an application for a return point exemption: person becoming a groceries retailer on or after 1st October 2027",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a person who becomes a groceries retailer on or after 1st October 2027 applies for an exemption under regulation 20ZA.\n(2) The groceries retailer is not required to operate a return point in respect of the premises specified in the exemption application during the period—\n(a) beginning with the day on which the application is received by the scheme administrator, and\n(b) ending—\n(i) if the return point exemption is granted, immediately before the exemption takes effect,\n(ii) if the return point exemption is refused and the groceries retailer has asked the scheme administrator to review its decision under article 20 of the Designation Order 2025, at the end of the period during which the review is carried out,\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/154/regulation/20ZC",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:17.139358+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}