{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-3/paragraph-4.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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Effect of making an application for a return point exemption: applications ongoing on 1 October 2027",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) an in-scope retailer makes an exemption application before 1 October 2027, and\n(b) the deposit management organisation has not determined that application by the end of 30 September 2027.\n(2) Irrespective of the final outcome of the exemption application, the in-scope retailer is not required to operate a return point in respect of the premises specified in an exemption application during the period—\n(a) beginning with 1 October 2027, and\n(b) ending—\n(i) if the return point exemption is granted, immediately before the exemption takes effect;\n(ii) if the return point exemption is refused and the in-scope retailer exercises the right under paragraph 3(3)(b)(iii), at the end of the period set out in paragraph 3(5);\n(iii) if the return point exemption is refused and the in-scope retailer does not exercise the right under paragraph 3(3)(b)(iii) then the in-scope retailer must operate a return point, from the date specified by the deposit management organisation under paragraph 3(3)(b)(ii).",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}