# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 53: Operational plan


(1) The deposit management organisation must act in accordance with its operational plan.
(2) The deposit management organisation—
(a) must consider how its operational plan would adapt to and manage any expansion of the types of in-scope material;
(b) may review its operational plan at any time, and must do so—
(i) by the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the date of appointment under regulation 51(1), and
(ii) subsequently at intervals not exceeding 12 months.
(3) The deposit management organisation may revise its operational plan following a review under paragraph (2)(b) and must, as soon as reasonably practicable, submit a revised plan to—
(a) the Welsh Ministers, and
(b) NRW.
(4) Any revision of the operational plan must be approved by NRW, with or without modifications.
(5) But, where the Welsh Ministers give NRW a notice in writing (a “call-in notice”) that a revision of the operational plan is to be approved by the Welsh Ministers instead of NRW, that revision is to be approved by the Welsh Ministers.
(6) A call-in notice may relate to—
(a) a particular revision, or
(b) such descriptions of revision as may be specified in the notice.
(7) Before NRW approve any revision of the operational plan, NRW must consult—
(a) the Welsh Ministers, and
(b) the deposit management organisation.
(8) Before the Welsh Ministers approve any revision of the plan, the Welsh Ministers must consult—
(a) NRW, and
(b) the deposit management organisation.
(9) An approval under paragraph (4) or (5) must be in writing.
(10) The deposit management organisation must, as soon as reasonably practicable, incorporate any revision approved under paragraph (4) or (5) into its operational plan and must send a copy of that revised operational plan, if requested to do so to—
(a) the Welsh Ministers, and
(b) NRW.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/103/regulation/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-53
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