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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-6/part-2",
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  "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/6/part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The Table of Civil Sanctions",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nRequirement or act\nFMP\n(amount)\nVMP\ncompliance notice\nenforcement undertaking\nScheme producers\nRegulation 12 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 (registration)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 14(1)(a) or (b) (requirement to make or keep records)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding information in response to a DMO information request under regulation 15, or in an application for registration under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, or under paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 1, where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be inaccurate, false or misleading in a material particular, (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is inaccurate, false or misleading in a material way, (c) the person providing the information knows it to be incomplete in a material particular, or (d) the producer has not notified the deposit management organisation of a change to the relevant information.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding information in an application under regulation 19 for registration of a product line as a low volume line, where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 22 (requirement to pay a registered scheme producer registration fee)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 23 (requirement to pay deposits to the deposit management organisation)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nScheme suppliers\nRegulation 24 (requirement to supply items from registered scheme producers)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 25(1)(a) (requirement for deposit item to carry the required item logo)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 25(1)(b) (requirement for deposit item to carry scheme return code)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 25(2) (requirement for scheme multipack to carry scheme packaging logo)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 26(1) (requirement not to supply a registered low volume product carrying a scheme logo or scheme return code)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 27(1) or (6) (requirement to provide or display, or provide for display, the Scheme information)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 28(1) (requirement to provide or display, or provide for display, the RLVP information)\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 29(1) (requirement for scheme supplier to charge a deposit), where the scheme supplier is a scheme retailer\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 29(1) (requirement to charge a deposit), where the scheme supplier is not a scheme retailer\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 30(1) (requirement to display opt-out information)\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nProviding information in response to a DMO information request under regulation 31 where— a) the person providing the information knows it to be inaccurate, false or misleading in a material particular, (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is inaccurate, false or misleading in a material particular, or (c) the person providing the information knows it to be incomplete in a material particular.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nReturn of returnable items\nRegulation 35(1)\n(requirement to operate a return point)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 35(5) and Schedule 2 (requirement to register, or renew registration, with the deposit management organisation as a mandatory return point operator)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding information under paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 2 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nFailure to provide information under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 (return point exemption: duty to notify deposit management organisation of change of circumstances)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding information under paragraph 2, 7 or 9 of Schedule 3 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 37(1) (requirement to display information where no return point is operated)\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 40 (requirement to display information at a return point)\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 41 (requirement to be a scheme retailer and registered with the deposit management organisation in order to provide a take-back service)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 42(1) or (5) (requirement to provide, display or provide for display, information about a take-back service)\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nProviding information in an application under paragraph 2, 3 or 6 of Schedule 4, where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nParagraph 9 of Schedule 4 (duty to notify the deposit management organisation of a change in information)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 47(1), (2) or (3)(b) (requirements as to the payment of the total return amount)\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 48(2) (requirement to notify DMO that total return amount to be paid by the DMO to a charity)\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 49 (requirement to retain returnable items)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 50 (requirement to retain or return returnable items)\nYes\n(£1,000)\nYes\nYes\nYes\nThe deposit management organisation\nRegulation 48(3) (requirement to pay to a charity a sum equivalent to the total return amount)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 52(3) (requirement to comply with conditions of appointment)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 53(1) (requirement to act in accordance with operational plan)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 54(1) (requirement to submit annual report)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 55(1) and (2) (requirement to establish and maintain a reserve fund)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 56(1)(a) (scheme logo: requirement to issue)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 57 (requirement to publish scheme logo and scheme packaging logo)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 58 (scheme return code: code requirements)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 68(1) (requirement to collect\nreturnable items from return point operators etc.)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 68(2) and (3) (requirements to pay sums for returnable items)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 70 (requirement to make arrangements for recycling of in-scope material from refund items)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 71 (requirement to make arrangements for the recycling of in-scope material from items other than refund items)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 73 (requirement to make arrangements for the reuse of returned refund items)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 74 (requirement in relation to payments to NRW)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 75 (information about returns data)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nFailure, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the obligation in regulation 84 (collection targets)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nMatters connected with enforcement\nRegulation 87(3) (requirement to comply with an information notice), where the notice is given by a local weights and measures authority\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nProviding information to a local weights and measures authority in response to an information notice under regulation 87 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular\nYes\n(£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 87(3) (requirement to comply with an information notice), where the notice is given by NRW\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding information to NRW under regulation 87 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 88(1) (obstructing or failing to assist an authorised person), where the authorised person was appointed by a local weights and measures authority\nYes\n(£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 88(1) (obstructing or failing to assist an authorised person), where the authorised person was appointed by NRW\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes",
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