# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 47: Form of return amount


(1) A scheme collector must pay the total return amount for the returnable items that it accepts from a person using one or more of the following means, unless the person elects for that amount to be paid to a charity under regulation 48—
(a) cash in sterling;
(b) a payment to a debit or credit card;
(c) a refund voucher.
(2) But if the scheme collector is a scheme retailer (other than a scheme retailer who does not accept cash), the scheme collector must—
(a) offer to pay the total return amount in the form of money or a refund voucher to the person returning the returnable items (the “returner”), and
(b) if the returner accepts the offer, pay the total return amount in the form of money or a refund voucher.
(3) A refund voucher—
(a) may be provided in either a physical or electronic format, but
(b) must be provided in a physical format, if requested by the returner.
(4) In this regulation—
“refund voucher” (“taleb ad-daliad”) means a voucher, token or similar item which is capable of being exchanged immediately either with the scheme collector or another person, for a sum of money, or a payment to a debit or credit card, equal to the relevant total return amount—
(a) for goods or services, or
(b) singly or together with any other refund vouchers or other vouchers or similar items;
“total return amount” (“swm dychwelyd cyfan”) means the aggregate of the return amount payable for each returnable item presented by the returner and accepted by the scheme collector.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/103/regulation/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-47
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