# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024, Regulation 28: Requirement to charge a deposit


(1) A scheme supplier must charge a customer a deposit for each deposit item which the scheme supplier supplies to the customer.
(2) But a scheme supplier who supplies deposit items for immediate consumption (“IC items”) to customers at or on any mixed retail or on-sale premises may decide not to charge a deposit for IC items supplied at or on those premises (an “opt-out decision”).
(3) The scheme supplier may reverse an opt-out decision at any time.
(4) In this regulation “customer”, in relation to a scheme supplier, means a person to whom the scheme supplier supplies deposit items.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348266221/regulation/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-england-and-northern-ireland-regulations-2024/regulation-28
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