SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Deposit schemes
I11Power to establish deposit schemes
1
The relevant national authority may by regulations establish deposit schemes for any of the following purposes—
a
sustaining, promoting or securing an increase in the recycling or reuse of materials;
b
reducing the incidence of littering or fly-tipping.
2
A deposit scheme is a scheme under which—
a
a person supplied with a deposit item by a scheme supplier pays the supplier an amount (a “deposit”), and
b
a person who provides a deposit item to a scheme collector is entitled to be paid an amount (a “refund”) in respect of that item by the collector.
3
A “deposit item” is a specified item that is supplied—
a
by way of sale, or
b
in connection with the supply of goods or services.
4
A deposit scheme may make provision about the circumstances in which a deposit or refund is to be paid in respect of a deposit item.
5
A person may be specified—
a
as a scheme supplier if the person is a supplier or producer of deposit items;
b
as a scheme collector if the person is a supplier or producer of deposit items or is a scheme administrator (see paragraph 4).
6
A deposit scheme may provide that the amount of the deposit or refund in respect of a deposit item is—
a
an amount specified,
b
an amount determined and published by the relevant national authority in accordance with the scheme, or
c
an amount determined by a scheme administrator in accordance with the scheme.
7
In this paragraph “specified” means specified or described in a deposit scheme.