1(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.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 1 in force at 9.1.2022 for E.W., see s. 147(2)(d)
I2Sch. 8 para. 1 in force at 28.2.2022 for N.I. by S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(f)