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WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 47B

47B .         Overview of container deposit scheme

                This Part establishes a container deposit scheme that includes the following general features —

            (a)         a company will be appointed to the office of Coordinator of the scheme with responsibility for administering the scheme;

            (b)         if a beverage is to be supplied in a container, various conditions must be met, including a supply agreement being in force that requires a contribution to the costs of the scheme (including the costs of refund amounts paid under the scheme);

            (c)         a refund amount will be paid to a person who returns an empty container to a refund point;

            (d)         containers that have been returned to a refund point must not be disposed of in a prohibited manner.

        [Section 47B inserted: No. 5 of 2019 s. 6.]



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