Paragraph 1 Interpretation of Schedule 3

(1)

“exemption application” means an application made under paragraph 2 (1);
“exemption holder”, in relation to a return point exemption, means an MRP retailer to whom the return point exemption has, for the time being, been granted;
“MRP retailer” means a scheme retailer whose business consists wholly or mainly of the sale or supply of groceries to scheme consumers;
“renewal application” means an application under paragraph 6 (3).

(2)

For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a)

an exemption application is made on the proximity grounds if it is made on the grounds that—

(i)

there is one or more alternative return points located within reasonable proximity to the premises specified in the application, and

(ii)

if the exemption were granted, it would not affect the deposit management organisation’s ability to meet the collection targets (see regulation 81);

(b)

an exemption application is made on the premises grounds if it is made on the grounds that the location, layout, size, design, or construction of the specified premises does not permit, or does not easily permit, or cannot reasonably be altered to permit, the operation of a return point in respect of those premises.