Western Australian Current Acts

WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 47K

47K .         Regulations relating to refund points and refund amounts

                Regulations may deal with any matter in relation to refund points, refund amounts or the acceptance of empty containers at refund points, and may (without limitation) —

            (a)         prescribe the circumstances in which a refund point operator —

                  (i)         is or is not required to accept delivery of an empty container presented by a person to a refund point; and

                  (ii)         is or is not required to pay to the person the refund amount;

                and

            (b)         deal with, or with any matter in relation to, the manner in which refund amounts are to be paid; and

            (c)         prescribe any conditions that must be met before a person may receive a refund amount (including any information that a person must give); and

            (d)         prohibit a person or class of persons from claiming, or attempting to claim, payment of a refund amount —

                  (i)         to which they are not entitled under this Act; or

                  (ii)         in prescribed circumstances;

                and

            (e)         require information or documents given by a person to be verified by statutory declaration.

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