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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-4/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/4/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Decision on application",
  "text": "(1) Where the deposit management organisation receives an application under paragraph 2 or 3, it must, as soon as reasonably practicable—\n(a) decide whether to grant or refuse the application, and\n(b) notify the applicant of its decision by way of notice.\n(2) The deposit management organisation may grant or refuse the application under sub-paragraph (1)(a) before 1 October 2027.\n(3) A notice under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must—\n(a) where the deposit management organisation grants the application, specify the date on which the authorisation takes effect;\n(b) where the deposit management organisation refuses the application—\n(i) state the reasons for that decision, and\n(ii) state that the applicant has a right under regulation 79 to apply to the deposit management organisation to review its decision.\n(4) If the person exercises the right under sub-paragraph (3)(b)(ii), the 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/4/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."
}