Regulation 10 Takeback services

In regulation 21 (takeback services)—

(a)

in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (3)” substitute “paragraphs (3) and (3A)”,

(b)

after paragraph (3), insert—

“(3A)
If a single proposed return by a consumer contains a number of items of scheme packaging disproportionately greater than the number of scheme articles that a retailer providing a takeback service sells on average as part of a single transaction, that retailer may refuse to provide a takeback service to the consumer for that proposed return.”,

(c)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (c), omit “or”,

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

“, or

(e)
is part of a return where the retailer had refused to provide a takeback service under paragraph (3A).”.