# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026, Part 2: The Table of Civil Sanctions


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Requirement or act
FMP
(amount)
VMP
compliance notice
enforcement undertaking
Scheme producers
Regulation 12 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 (registration)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 14(1)(a) or (b) (requirement to make or keep records)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Providing 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.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Providing 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.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 22 (requirement to pay a registered scheme producer registration fee)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 23 (requirement to pay deposits to the deposit management organisation)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scheme suppliers
Regulation 24 (requirement to supply items from registered scheme producers)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 25(1)(a) (requirement for deposit item to carry the required item logo)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 25(1)(b) (requirement for deposit item to carry scheme return code)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 25(2) (requirement for scheme multipack to carry scheme packaging logo)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 26(1) (requirement not to supply a registered low volume product carrying a scheme logo or scheme return code)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 27(1) or (6) (requirement to provide or display, or provide for display, the Scheme information)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 28(1) (requirement to provide or display, or provide for display, the RLVP information)
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 29(1) (requirement for scheme supplier to charge a deposit), where the scheme supplier is a scheme retailer
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 29(1) (requirement to charge a deposit), where the scheme supplier is not a scheme retailer
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 30(1) (requirement to display opt-out information)
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Providing 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.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Return of returnable items
Regulation 35(1)
(requirement to operate a return point)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 35(5) and Schedule 2 (requirement to register, or renew registration, with the deposit management organisation as a mandatory return point operator)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Providing 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.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Failure to provide information under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 (return point exemption: duty to notify deposit management organisation of change of circumstances)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Providing 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.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 37(1) (requirement to display information where no return point is operated)
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 40 (requirement to display information at a return point)
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 41 (requirement to be a scheme retailer and registered with the deposit management organisation in order to provide a take-back service)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 42(1) or (5) (requirement to provide, display or provide for display, information about a take-back service)
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Providing 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.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 (duty to notify the deposit management organisation of a change in information)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 47(1), (2) or (3)(b) (requirements as to the payment of the total return amount)
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 48(2) (requirement to notify DMO that total return amount to be paid by the DMO to a charity)
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 49 (requirement to retain returnable items)
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 50 (requirement to retain or return returnable items)
Yes
(£1,000)
Yes
Yes
Yes
The deposit management organisation
Regulation 48(3) (requirement to pay to a charity a sum equivalent to the total return amount)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 52(3) (requirement to comply with conditions of appointment)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 53(1) (requirement to act in accordance with operational plan)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 54(1) (requirement to submit annual report)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 55(1) and (2) (requirement to establish and maintain a reserve fund)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 56(1)(a) (scheme logo: requirement to issue)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 57 (requirement to publish scheme logo and scheme packaging logo)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 58 (scheme return code: code requirements)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 68(1) (requirement to collect
returnable items from return point operators etc.)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 68(2) and (3) (requirements to pay sums for returnable items)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 70 (requirement to make arrangements for recycling of in-scope material from refund items)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 71 (requirement to make arrangements for the recycling of in-scope material from items other than refund items)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 73 (requirement to make arrangements for the reuse of returned refund items)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 74 (requirement in relation to payments to NRW)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 75 (information about returns data)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Failure, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the obligation in regulation 84 (collection targets)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Matters connected with enforcement
Regulation 87(3) (requirement to comply with an information notice), where the notice is given by a local weights and measures authority
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Providing 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
Yes
(£500)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 87(3) (requirement to comply with an information notice), where the notice is given by NRW
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Providing 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
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Regulation 88(1) (obstructing or failing to assist an authorised person), where the authorised person was appointed by a local weights and measures authority
Yes
(£1,000)
No
Yes
No
Regulation 88(1) (obstructing or failing to assist an authorised person), where the authorised person was appointed by NRW
No
Yes
Yes
Yes

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/103/schedule/6/part/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-6/part-2
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