Article 18 Co-operation and joint working with other scheme administrators
The scheme administrator may—
where it considers it appropriate to do so for the efficient and effective performance of the Deposit and Return Scheme or any of its functions under the Deposit and Return Scheme, co-operate or work jointly with any other scheme administrator,
provide advice or assistance to any other scheme administrator for the purposes of, or in connection with, the functions of that other scheme administrator.
Such arrangements may, for example, include—
arrangements intended to simplify registration procedures for producers who market, offer for sale or sell drinks in Scotland and in other parts of the United Kingdom,
arrangements intended to simplify the process of returning scheme packaging or returnable packaging for the final user or consumer,
arrangements for the recycling, or to facilitate the recycling of, any scheme material recovered from scheme packaging or returnable packaging returned through any other deposit and return scheme.