Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011

The accreditation of an accredited product stewardship scheme expires on the earlier of the following—

the date stated in the scheme as the date the scheme ends;

5 years after the accreditation of the scheme.

However, the accreditation of an accredited product stewardship scheme (scheme A) continues in force, as provided for in subsection (3), after the date (the expiry date) it would otherwise end if—

the scheme manager for scheme A has, not later than 6 months before scheme A’s accreditation was due to end, applied to the chief executive for the accreditation of a new voluntary product stewardship scheme (scheme B) to replace scheme A; and

the chief executive has not decided, on or before the expiry date, whether scheme B should be accredited.

Scheme A’s accreditation continues in force until—

the accreditation of scheme B takes effect, either in its form as first proposed or as subsequently changed in the application process; or

the application process for scheme B’s accreditation has been completed, including, for example, the completion of any review about the chief executive’s decision on the proposed accreditation, and scheme B is not accredited.