Paragraph 5 Effect of making an application for a return point exemption: person becoming an in-scope retailer on or after 1st October 2027

(1)

This paragraph applies where a person who becomes an in-scope retailer on or after 1st October 2027 (a “new retailer”) makes their first exemption application.

(2)

The new retailer is not required to operate a return point in respect of the premises specified in the exemption application during the period—

(a)

beginning with the day on which the exemption application is received, and

(b)

ending—

(i)

if the return point exemption is granted, immediately before the exemption takes effect;

(ii)

if the return point exemption is refused and the new retailer has asked the deposit management organisation to review its decision under regulation 76, at the end of the period during which the review is carried out;

(iii)

if the return point exemption is refused and the new retailer has not asked the deposit management organisation to review its decision under regulation 76, at the end of the period within which the new retailer could have asked the deposit management organisation to review its decision under regulation 76.