Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) For achieving the object of this Act, the Minister must develop principles for ensuring effective, efficient and equitable waste management arrangements (the CDS principles ).
(2) In developing the principles, the Minister must, as far as reasonably practicable, consult with:
(a) manufacturers, distributors and beverage retailers of regulated containers; and
(b) operators of collection depots and others carrying out activities relating to the collection, reuse, recycling or other appropriate disposal of regulated containers; and
(c) consumers of beverages in regulated containers.
(3) The principles must deal with the following matters:
(a) the responsibilities of CDS participants in managing the collection, reuse, recycling or other appropriate disposal of regulated containers in a cost-effective and efficient way, including, for example, by:
(i) minimising handling and sorting of regulated containers; and
(ii) minimising costs to consumers and CDS participants while at the same time providing business opportunities and maximising benefits to the community and industry;
(b) as far as reasonably practicable, providing access to collection depots to communities in the Territory;
(c) establishing standard and transparent processes for receiving and paying refund amounts and handling costs by CDS participants;
(d) providing an accountable and transparent monitoring process;
(e) establishing ways to calculate refund amounts for containers delivered in bulk;
(f) resolving disputes between CDS participants.
(4) The matters mentioned in subsection (3) do not limit the matters that may be dealt with in the principles.
(5) However, the principles cannot require the payment of any fees, costs or other charges by a CDS participant to the Territory.
(6) The Minister must publish the principles on the Agency's website.