Container Refund Scheme Regulations 2023

For the purposes of section 31(1)(f) of the Act, a refund amount is not payable in respect of an approved container if – the container has held, or is or has been wholly or partially covered in, a substance that has the potential to cause harm to persons, property or the environment because of one or more of the following:the chemical properties of the substance; the physical properties of the substance; the biological properties of the substance; or the container is broken; or the container is missing a part of the container that is not intended, by its manufacturer, to be removed from the container.

For the purposes of section 31(1)(f) of the Act, a refund amount is not payable in respect of an approved container at a container refund point if the person depositing the container – is depositing a number of approved containers, that includes the container, in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount of containers prescribed under regulation 9; and intends to claim an amount, in substitution of the refund amount, that is not calculated on the specific number of approved containers deposited.