Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007

The Coordinator’s main function is to administer and provide governance for the scheme.

Without limiting subsection (1), the Coordinator has the following functions —

to enter into, and manage, supply agreements in order to ensure contributions are made to the costs of the scheme;

to establish and maintain databases of container approvals and scheme agreements;

to enter into, and manage, export rebate agreements;

to establish a network of refund points by entering into refund point agreements and, if directed to do so by the Minister, by acting as a refund point operator;

to enter into, and manage, refund point agreements;

to enter into, and manage, material recovery agreements;

to ensure arrangements are in place for —

returning and collecting containers; and

handling, sorting, processing, verifying, transporting and recycling containers that have been returned to a refund point or collected or received by an MRF operator;

to determine the amounts payable under the scheme to and by the Coordinator under scheme agreements;

to make and receive the payments referred to in paragraph (h);

to ensure arrangements are in place for verifying the validity of payments claimed and made under the scheme;

to raise and maintain public awareness of the scheme, including how the scheme operates and the location of refund points;

to receive and deal with complaints relating to the scheme from members of the public and entities participating in the scheme;

to obtain data on recycling rates for containers prior to the commencement of the scheme and throughout its operation in order to measure the outcomes of the scheme;

any other functions given under this Act or another Act.

Regulations may deal with any matter in relation to the Coordinator’s functions, and may (without limitation) —

give the Coordinator additional functions; and

deal with any matter in relation to the Coordinator’s performance of its functions.