Container Refund Scheme Act 2022

If a person deposits an approved container at a container refund point, the refund point operator for that container refund point – may require, if the prescribed circumstances exist, the person to provide a refund declaration in respect of the container; and must require the person to provide a refund declaration in respect of the container if – the number of approved containers deposited by the person exceeds the prescribed maximum amount of containers; and the person does not have a written agreement with the refund point operator that enables the person to deposit containers in a number that exceeds the prescribed maximum amount of containers.

If a refund point operator requires a person to provide a refund declaration under subsection (1), the refund point operator may also require, if the prescribed circumstances exist, the person to provide proof of the person’s identity.

A refund point operator may refuse to pay a refund amount in respect of an approved container that a person has deposited at a container refund point if – the person refuses to provide a refund declaration as required by the refund point operator under subsection (1); or the person refuses to provide proof of the person’s identity as required by the refund point operator under subsection (2); or the refund point operator is satisfied that the number of approved containers deposited by the person, or the person and one or more other persons acting on behalf of the person, exceeds the prescribed maximum amount of containers.

A refund point operator must keep, for the prescribed period – each refund declaration that is provided to the operator under this section; and details of each piece of evidence that is provided to the operator under this section to prove the identity of a person. In the case of – a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or an individual, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

A refund point operator must not use the evidence of a person’s proof of identity provided under this section for a purpose other than as specified under this Act. In the case of – a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or an individual, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.