Victorian Numbered Regulations

CIRCULAR ECONOMY (WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING) (CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME) AMENDMENT (MISCELLANEOUS) REGULATIONS 2023 (SR NO 107 OF 2023) - REG 8

After regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations insert —

        " 8A     Content of annual assessment report

For the purposes of section 87(2)(c) of the Act, the prescribed matters are the following as they relate to the financial year of the assessment report—

        (a)     the total revenue of the container deposit scheme, including—

              (i)     all scheme contributions paid to the Scheme Coordinator under any supply arrangement; and

              (ii)     any interest earned on those contributions; and

              (iii)     any other source of revenue of the Scheme Coordinator;

        (b)     the total expenses of the container deposit scheme, including—

              (i)     the total amount paid by the Scheme Coordinator to network operators; and

              (ii)     the total amount of network fees paid by the Scheme Coordinator to network operators; and

              (iii)     the total amount of refund amounts paid by the Scheme Coordinator to network operators; and

              (iv)     the total amount paid by the Scheme Coordinator to material recovery facility operators; and

              (v)     the total amount paid by the Scheme Coordinator to each network operator by reference to its network operation zone;

        (c)     the number of material recovery facility operators that have been paid under a recovery arrangement;

        (d)     the number of supply arrangements in force;

        (e)     the number and weight of suitable eligible containers collected, by reference to material type;

        (f)     a description of any arrangements made by the Scheme Coordinator in relation to—

              (i)     the protection of commercially‑sensitive or personal information provided to the Scheme Coordinator; or

              (ii)     governance and risk management; or

              (iii)     the prevention, detection and management of fraud;

        (g)     a description of any known incidents of fraud;

        (h)     for any performance target specified in the Scheme Coordinator agreement—

              (i)     a description of the Scheme Coordinator's performance; and

              (ii)     any strategies that the Scheme Coordinator intends to implement to meet that target in the future;

              (i)     the total number of fixed collection points and their locations;

        (j)     the total number and operating time of any mobile collection points;

        (k)     the total number of donation partners that have received refund amounts and the total of those refund amounts;

        (l)     material sales information provided by network operators to the Scheme Coordinator, including—

              (i)     the weight (in tonnes) of suitable eligible containers sold (in total and by material type); and

              (ii)     the weight (in tonnes) of suitable eligible containers sold outside Victoria (in total, by material type and by jurisdiction); and

              (iii)     the recycling process applied to the material after sale, including the end product of that recycling process.".