# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 29: Requirement to charge a deposit


(1) A scheme supplier must charge a customer a deposit for each deposit item which the scheme supplier supplies to the customer.
(2) But a scheme supplier who supplies deposit items for immediate consumption (“IC items”) to customers at any mixed retail premises or on-sale premises may decide not to charge a deposit for IC items supplied at those premises (an “opt-out decision”).
(3) The scheme supplier may reverse an opt-out decision at any time.
(4) In this regulation “customer” means a person to whom a scheme supplier supplies deposit items.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/103/regulation/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-29
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