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Regulation 9 Establishment of Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers in England and Northern Ireland

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(1)

These Regulations establish, in England and Northern Ireland, a deposit schemef1 in respect of containers in which drinks are supplied for the purposes of—

(a)

sustaining, promoting or securing an increase in the recycling of materials, and

(b)

reducing the incidence of littering or fly-tipping.

(2)

The deposit scheme in paragraph (1) is referred to in these Regulations as “the Scheme”.

(3)

Under the Scheme—

(a)

a person supplied with a deposit item by a scheme supplier pays a deposit to the scheme supplier, and

(b)

a person who provides a returnable item to a scheme collector is entitled to be paid the return amount for that item by the scheme collector.

(4)

Paragraph (3)(a) is subject to regulation 28 and paragraph (3)(b) is subject to regulation 10.

(5)

In these Regulations—

  • “return amount” means—

    1. (a)

      in relation to an overseas scheme item, the overseas refund amount;

    2. (b)

      in relation to a Scottish scheme item, the Scottish refund amount;

    3. (c)

      in relation to a Welsh scheme item, the Welsh refund amount, or

    4. (d)

      in relation to a refund item, a refund;

  • “returnable item” means—

    1. (a)

      an overseas scheme item;

    2. (b)

      a Scottish scheme item;

    3. (c)

      a Welsh scheme item, or

    4. (d)

      a refund item.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

See paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 8 to the Environment Act 2021 for the meaning of “deposit scheme”.