# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 5: Meaning of “supply” and related matters


(1) For the purpose of these Regulations, a person (“S”) supplies a container drink if, in the course of a business, S supplies, offers, or agrees to supply the container drink by way of sale, or in connection with the supply of goods or services—
(a) for consumption in Wales, or
(b) with a view to the drink being consumed in Wales.
(2) But where a container drink is offered for supply or supplied in connection with the supply of goods or services through a means of distance communication, S supplies that container drink only if—
(a) S determines that it is to be offered for supply or supplied in connection with the supply of goods or services through that means of distance communication, and
(b) S provides it for supply.
(3) In paragraph (2) it does not matter who undertakes—
(a) to obtain payment for the container drink or the other goods or services, or
(b) to operate or provide the relevant means of distance communication.
(4) In the case of a cross-border distance supply of a container drink, the container drink is to be treated as supplied in Wales, where the person to whom it is supplied is located in Wales.
(5) In paragraph (4), “cross-border distance supply of a container drink” means the supply of a container drink through a means of distance communication where the person who orders the container drink, or the connected goods or services, from the scheme supplier, is located in Wales and the scheme supplier is located outside Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/103/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-5
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