The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025

Interpretation of Part 9

82.—(1) In this Part—

“appropriate authority” means—

(a)

the local weights and measures authority, in relation to the ALA provisions as they apply in the authority’s area;

(b)

the Environment Agency;

(c)

DAERA;

“the CS Table” means the Table in Part 2 of Schedule 6;

“enforcement action” means the exercise of enforcement powers and functions by the national enforcement authorities under this Part.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, “the ALA provisions” are the following provisions of these Regulations—

(a) regulation 23 (requirement to supply items from registered scheme producers);

(b) regulation 24(1)(a) (requirement for deposit items supplied to carry scheme logo);

(c) regulation 24(1)(b) (requirement for deposit items supplied to carry scheme return code);

(d) regulation 24(2) (requirement for scheme multipacks supplied to carry the packaging logo);

(e) regulation 25(1) (restrictions on supply of registered low volume products);

(f) regulation 26(1) and (6) (requirement to provide or display scheme information);

(g) regulation 27(1) (requirement to provide or display registered low volume product information);

(h) regulation 28(1) (scheme retailer: requirement to charge deposit);

(i) regulation 34(1) (requirement to operate a return point);

(j) regulation 36(1) (requirement to display information on premises where no return point is operated);

(k) regulation 40 (requirement to display information at a return point);

(l) regulation 41 (requirements for provision of take-back services);

(m) regulation 42(1) and (5) (requirement to provide or display information about take-back service);

(n) regulation 47(1), (2) and (3) (requirements as to payment of total return amount);

(o) regulation 48 (requirement to retain returnable items);

(p) regulation 49 (requirement for take-back service providers to retain returnable items);

(q) regulation 85(1) (provision of information).