Claiming refund amount from refund point that is reverse vending machine
4G Claiming refund amount from refund point that is reverse vending machine
In this regulation —
contaminated container means a container (including any labelling) placed into a reverse vending machine that is contaminated with any substance such that, in the reasonable opinion of the person who owns the reverse vending machine (or, if the machine has been leased or hired to another person, that other person), taking into account any guidelines prepared under regulation 4D, the container —
is unsuitable for re‑use or recycling; or
poses a serious risk to health or safety or to the proper operation of the reverse vending machine.
On and after the appointed day for section 47E of the Act, a person may claim or attempt to claim a refund amount for an empty container from a refund point that is a reverse vending machine by placing the container in the machine.
Subject to subregulations (4) and (5), the person who owns the reverse vending machine (or, if the machine has been leased or hired to another person, that other person) must ensure that the machine, if working properly, pays a refund amount for the container.
Civil penalty: $25 000.
The person who owns the reverse vending machine (or, if the machine has been leased or hired to another person, that other person) must ensure that the machine does not pay a refund amount for a container if the relevant beverage product is not an approved beverage product.
A refund amount is not required to be paid by a reverse vending machine for a container that —
is so damaged, or in such a condition, that —
the barcode cannot be scanned or otherwise recognised; or
the reverse vending machine is not able to confirm that it is a container;
or
is not empty; or
is not a whole container; or (d) is a contaminated container.
A refund amount is paid for the container when the reverse vending machine —
accepts the container; and
dispenses the refund amount for the container in a way mentioned in regulation 4H(1); and
gives the person a written record (which may be given electronically) of —
the container accepted; and
the refund amount for the container; and
how and, if the refund amount was not dispensed to the person, to whom the refund amount was dispensed.
A refund amount paid by a reverse vending machine is taken to be a refund amount paid by the person who owns the reverse vending machine (or, if the machine has been leased or hired to another person, that other person).
[Regulation 4G inserted: Gazette 17 Dec 2019 p. 4315-17; amended: SL 2026/43 r. 24.]
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