Paragraph 1 Interpretation of Schedule 3

In this Schedule—

• “the application information” (“gwybodaeth y cais”) means—

  1. (a)

     if an exemption application is made on the proximity grounds—

     1. (i)

        information about the size of the floor area of the premises;

     2. (ii)

        information about the number of employees or other persons working in the premises;

     3. (iii)

        the annual profit or turnover of the applicant’s business;

     4. (iv)

        information about any alternative return points which are located in reasonable proximity to the premises;

     5. (v)

        confirmation that the operator of each of those return points has been consulted about the in-scope retailer’s exemption application, and that no-one has objected to the potential increase in the number of returnable items likely to be returned to a particular return point if the return point exemption is granted;

     6. (vi)

        any further information the applicant considers may be relevant;

  2. (b)

     if an exemption application is made on the premises grounds, sufficient information to demonstrate that the location, layout, size, design or construction of the premises specified in the application does not permit, does not easily permit, or cannot easily be altered to permit the operation of a return point at those premises;

• “exemption application” (“cais am esemptiad”) means an application made under paragraph 2(1);

• “exemption holder” (“deiliad esemptiad”), in relation to a return point exemption, means an in-scope retailer to whom the return point exemption has been granted;

• “premises grounds” (“sail y fangre”) means, in relation to an exemption application, where an application is made on the grounds that the location, layout, size, design or construction of the premises specified in the application do not permit, do not easily permit or cannot reasonably be altered to permit, the operation of a return point at those premises;

• “proximity grounds” (“sail agosrwydd”) means, in relation to an exemption application, where the application is made on the grounds that—

  1. (a)

     there are one or more alternative return points located within reasonable proximity to the premises specified in the application, and

  2. (b)

     if the exemption were granted, it would not affect the deposit management organisation’s ability to meet the collection targets under regulation 84;

• “renewal application” (“cais am adnewyddiad”) means an application under paragraph 6(3).