Power to establish deposit schemes
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.