{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2026/103",
  "legislation_title": "The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Decision on applications for return point exemptions",
  "text": "(1) Where the deposit management organisation receives an exemption application from an in-scope retailer (“the applicant”), it must, as soon as reasonably practicable—\n(a) consider the application information supplied by the applicant under paragraph 2(3), and\n(b) have regard to all relevant factors including—\n(i) the number of exemption applications made in respect of premises located in close proximity to the premises specified in the application;\n(ii) the decisions taken in connection with those applications;\n(iii) any representations made by members of the public, or by groups representing sections of the public, regarding exemptions from the requirement to operate a return point.\n(2) The deposit management organisation must—\n(a) decide whether to grant the return point exemption, and\n(b) give notice of its decision to the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.\n(3) A notice under sub-paragraph (2) must be in writing, and must—\n(a) if the deposit management organisation grants the exemption—\n(i) specify the premises in respect of which the exemption is granted,\n(ii) specify the date on which the exemption takes effect, and\n(iii) include a statement that, unless the exemption is revoked or renewed, it will expire at the end of the period of 3 years, beginning with the day after the day on which the exemption takes effect;\n(b) if the deposit management organisation refuses the exemption—\n(i) state the reasons for that decision,\n(ii) specify the date from which the applicant is required to operate a return point at the premises, and\n(iii) state that the applicant has a right under regulation 79 to ask the deposit management organisation to review its decision.\n(4) The date specified under sub-paragraph (3)(b)(ii) must not be before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the in-scope retailer receives the notice.\n(5) If the applicant exercises the right under sub-paragraph (3)(b)(iii), the deposit management organisation’s decision must not take effect before the end of the period specified in regulation 81(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/103/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:52.499728+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}