Environment Act 2021

Scheme suppliersE+W+N.I.

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2(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.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 8 para. 2 in force at 9.1.2022 for E.W., see s. 147(2)(d)

I2Sch. 8 para. 2 in force at 28.2.2022 for N.I. by S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(f)