# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 77: Co-operation and joint working


(1) The deposit management organisation may—
(a) where it considers it appropriate for the efficient and effective performance of the Scheme, or any of its functions under the Scheme, co-operate or work jointly with a specified administrator;
(b) provide advice or assistance to a specified administrator in connection with that administrator’s functions under an England and Northern Ireland deposit scheme, a Scottish deposit and return scheme or an overseas scheme.
(2) Such arrangements may include—
(a) arrangements intended to simplify registration procedures for producers and importers who supply container drinks in Wales and in other parts of the United Kingdom;
(b) arrangements intended to simplify the process of returning returnable items for the final user or consumer;
(c) arrangements for recycling, or to facilitate the recycling of, any in-scope material recovered from—
(i) refund items returned through an England and Northern Ireland deposit scheme, or a Scottish deposit and return scheme;
(ii) overseas scheme items.
(3) In this regulation, “specified administrator” means—
(a) an England and Northern Ireland scheme administrator,
(b) a Scottish deposit administrator, or
(c) an overseas scheme administrator.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/103/regulation/77 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-77
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