# The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025, Regulation 17: Return points


(1) In regulation 20 (return points)—
(a) in paragraph (1), from “including a retailer” to the end substitute—
“and who is—
(i) a groceries retailer registered by the scheme administrator in accordance with article 27(1) of the Designation Order 2025,
(ii) a voluntary return point operator registered by the scheme administrator in accordance with article 31 (registration of voluntary return point operators) of the Designation Order 2025, or
(iii) the scheme administrator.”,
(b) in paragraph (2)(a) and (b), after “packaging” insert “or returnable packaging”,
(c) in paragraph (2)(c)—
(i) after “packaging” insert “or returnable packaging”,
(ii) for “, or on behalf of, a producer or a” substitute “the”,
(d) in paragraph (3)(b), for “SEPA” substitute “the scheme administrator”,
(e) in paragraph (4)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “packaging” insert “or returnable packaging”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (e)—
(aa) for “a producer or” substitute “the”,
(bb) for “that producer or” substitute “the”,
(iii) in sub-paragraph (f)—
(aa) insert at the beginning “in relation to a return to a groceries retailer,”,
(bb) after “packaging” insert “or returnable packaging”,
(cc) before “retailer sells” insert “groceries”,
(iv) for sub-paragraph (g), substitute—
“(g) it is scheme packaging or returnable packaging for a drink which the return point operator does not or would not market, offer for sale or sell for reasons of faith or belief,
(h) in relation to a return to voluntary return point operator, it is part of a single proposed return by a consumer that contains a number of items of scheme packaging or returnable packaging which is greater than the maximum number of items of scheme packaging or returnable packaging that the voluntary return point operator has informed the scheme administrator, as part of its application to operate a voluntary return point, that it will accept.”,
(f) omit paragraph (5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111062876/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-17
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