# Environment Act 2021, Paragraph 2: Scheme suppliers

Extent: E+W+N.I.

(1) A deposit scheme may impose requirements on a scheme supplier in connection with the scheme, including requirements—
(a) to take steps to ensure deposits are paid in respect of deposit items in accordance with the scheme (which may include a requirement to include the amount of the deposit in the sale price of the item, or in the price of goods or services the item was supplied in connection with);
(b) as to the marking of deposit items to identify them as such;
(c) as to the retention of deposits;
(d) to pay amounts received as deposits to other scheme suppliers, scheme collectors or to a scheme administrator;
(e) in connection with securing that a specified proportion of deposit items supplied by scheme suppliers, or by individual scheme suppliers, are returned to scheme collectors;
(f) to keep records in connection with the scheme;
(g) to provide those records or other information in connection with the scheme to a scheme administrator.
(2) A deposit scheme may impose different requirements on different scheme suppliers.
(3) In this paragraph “specified” means specified in a deposit scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/schedule/8/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-8/paragraph-2
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