Northern Territory Numbered Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (BEVERAGE CONTAINERS AND PLASTIC BAGS) ACT 2011 (NO 2 OF 2011) - SECT 20

    (1)     This section applies if:

    (a)     a manufacturer supplies a beverage in an approved container; and

    (b)     a person delivers the empty container to an approved collection depot; and

    (c)     the operator of the depot pays the refund amount for the container to the person; and

    (d)     the operator delivers the container to a CDS coordinator.

    (2)     The operator of the depot may, by written notice, require the CDS coordinator to pay:

    (a)     the refund amount; and

    (b)     the reasonable costs incurred by the operator relating to sorting, cleaning, storing, packing and processing the container for ensuring the container can be reused, recycled or otherwise disposed of.

    (3)     The CDS coordinator must, within 30 days after receiving the notice, pay the amount to the operator of the depot.

    (4)     If the CDS coordinator does not pay the amount within the 30-day period, the operator of the depot may recover the amount as a debt payable to the operator.