Western Australian Current Regulations

WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY (CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME) REGULATIONS 2019

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used  
   3A.     Things excluded from meaning of beverage  
   3B.     Things included in or excluded from meaning of container  
   3C.     Manner prescribed to be or not to be prohibited manner  
   3D.     Persons included in or excluded from meaning of refund point operator  
   3E.     Meaning of first responsible supplier

   PART 1A -- Supply of beverage products

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   3F.     Terms used

           Division 2 -- Requirement for container approval, refund mark and barcode  

   3G.     Refund mark  
   3H.     Barcode requirements

           Division 3 -- Container approvals

              Subdivision 1 -- Grant of container approval  

   3I.     Application process for container approval  
   3J.     Criteria for grant of container approval  
   3K.     Grounds for refusal of container approval  
   3L.     Matters to be considered by CEO in deciding application  
   3M.     Decision in relation to container approval  
   3N.     Conditions on container approvals

              Subdivision 2 -- Transfer of container approval by application  

   3O.     Application to transfer container approval  
   3P.     Deciding transfer application

              Subdivision 3 -- Amendment, suspension or cancellation of container approval on CEO’s initiative  

   3Q.     Amendment of container approval on CEO’s initiative  
   3R.     Suspension or cancellation of container approval  
   3S.     Process for amendment, suspension or cancellation of container approval  
   3T.     Notice of amendment, suspension or cancellation of container approval  
   3U.     Container approval continues in force

              Subdivision 4 -- Miscellaneous  

   3V.     Register of container approvals  
   3W.     Verification by statutory declaration

   PART 2 -- Return of containers

           Division 1 -- Refund point operators  

   4.      Eligibility criteria for refund point operators

           Division 2 -- Claiming refund amount  

   4A.     Refund amount (s. 47J)  
           4B. Claiming refund amount from refund point  
   4C.     When refund point operator not required to accept container and pay person refund amount  
   4D.     Guidelines in relation to contaminated containers  
   4E.     Refund declaration and proof of identity  
   4F.     Ways refund amount may be paid  
   4G.     Claiming refund amount from refund point that is reverse vending machine  
   4H.     Ways reverse vending machine may dispense refund amount  
   4I.     When refund amount must not be claimed

           Division 3 -- Obligations in relation to refund points  

   4J.     Refund point operator must keep refund declarations  
   4K.     Obligations in relation to refund points other than reverse vending machines  
   4L.     Obligations in relation to reverse vending machines

   PART 2A -- Scheme agreements and scheme participants

           Division 1 -- Scheme agreements  

   4M.     Terms used  
   4N.     Scheme agreement template  
   4O.     Amendment of scheme agreement template  
   4P.     Content and publication of approved scheme agreement template  
   4Q.     Compliance with approved scheme agreement template  
   4R.     Deemed term in scheme agreements

           Division 2 -- Supply agreements  

   4S.     Term used: approved supply amounts calculation methodology  
   4T.     Supply amounts calculation methodology  
   4U.     Amendment of supply amounts calculation methodology  
   4V.     Content and publication of approved supply amounts calculation methodology  
   4W.     Content of supply agreement

           Division 3 -- Export rebate agreements  

   4X.     Term used: export rebate protocol  
   4Y.     Export rebate protocol  
   4Z.     Content of export rebate agreements

           Division 4 -- Refund point agreements  

   4ZA.    Content of refund point agreements  
   4ZB.    Circumstances in which refund point operator must not claim payment

           Division 5 -- Material recovery agreements

              Subdivision 1 -- Sampling plans and eligible container factors  

   4ZC.    Terms used  
   4ZD.    Coordinator to prepare draft sampling plan  
   4ZE.    Amendment of approved sampling plan  
   4ZF.    Cooperation with sampling  
   4ZG.    Eligible container factor

              Subdivision 2 -- MRF operators and material recovery agreements  

   4ZH.    Terms used  
   4ZI.    Recovery amount protocol  
   4ZJ.    Content of material recovery agreement  
   4ZK.    Circumstances in which MRF operator must not claim recovery amount  
   4ZL.    Audits of MRF operators

              Subdivision 3 -- Sharing payments with local governments  

   4ZM.    Terms used  
   4ZN.    Local government sharing protocol  
   4ZO.    MRF operators to share payments with local governments  
   4ZP.    Audits of MRF operators and local governments

   PART 3 -- Coordinator of the scheme

           Division 1 -- Appointment of Coordinator of the scheme  

   5.      Approval of board members  
   6.      Conditions of appointment of Coordinator  
   7.      Functions of Coordinator  
   7A.     Performance of Coordinator’s functions in relation to contracts  
   8.      Performance of Coordinator’s functions in relation to refund points  
   9.      Performance of Coordinator’s functions in relation to recycling  
   9A.     Performance of Coordinator’s functions in relation to verification and recycling

           Division 2 -- Coordinator performance targets  

   10.     Container recovery rate: preliminary years  
   11.     Container recovery rate: other years  
   12.     Accessibility and coverage of refund points

           Division 3 -- Reporting by Coordinator  

   13.     Coordinator website  
   14.     Notice to Minister of adverse matters  
   15.     Annual report  
   16.     Quarterly report  
   17.     Minister may require reports for periods of less than 3 months  
   18.     Website reporting  
   19.     Coordinator must obtain required information from subsidiary or contractor

           Division 4 -- Scheme Account  

   20.     Scheme funds

           Division 5 -- Ministerial directions  

   21.     Term used: direction  
   22.     Content of direction  
   23.     Form of direction  
   24.     Grounds for giving direction  
   25.     Process for giving direction  
   26.     Urgent direction may be given immediately

           Division 6 -- Amendment, administration and revocation  

   27.     Grounds for appointing administrator or revoking appointment of Coordinator  
   28.     Process for amendment, administration or revocation by request  
   29.     Process for amendment, administration or revocation by Minister’s initiative  
   30.     Immediate appointment of administrator  
   31.     Publication of amendment, administration or revocation  
   32.     Interim Coordinator and Scheme Account

           Division 7 -- Transitional arrangements  

   32A.    Compliance with transition out plan  
   32B.    Transition costs

   PART 4 -- Miscellaneous

           Division 1 -- Civil penalty provisions  

   33.     Terms used  
   34.     Civil penalty provisions prescribed  
   35.     Court may make orders if person has contravened civil penalty provision  
   36.     Warning notice in respect of application for civil penalty order  
   37.     Proceedings for civil penalty order  
   38.     Enforcement of civil penalty order

           Division 2 -- Miscellaneous  

   39.     Performance audit by CEO  
   40.     Disclosure of information by CEO  
   41.     Transition period for displaying refund mark on containers
           Defined terms  
           Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007
           Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulations 2019 PART 1 -- Preliminary