Regulation 7 The refund

(1)

The refund in respect of a refund item is an amount equal to the greater of—

(a)

the deposit level on the date on which the refund item is returned, or

(b)

the deposit level on the date on which the refund item was supplied as part of the deposit scheme.

(2)

The references in paragraph (1) to the deposit level are to be read as the deposit level for a deposit item which is comparable to the refund item.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation, a deposit item is comparable to a refund item if the container of the deposit item—

(a)

is made wholly or mainly from the same in-scope material as the refund item,

(b)

is of the same size as the refund item, and

(c)

is offered for supply to consumers in a scheme multipack, if the refund item was supplied to a scheme consumer in a multipack.