Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulations 2019 (WA)

Western Australia Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulations 2019 Western Australia Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulations 2019 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 3A. Things excluded from meaning of beverage 5 3B. Things included in or excluded from meaning of container 6 3C. Manner prescribed to be or not to be prohibited manner 8 3D. Persons included in or excluded from meaning of refund point operator 9 3E. Meaning of first responsible supplier 10 Part 1A — Supply of beverage products Division 1 — Preliminary 3F. Terms used 12 Division 2 — Requirement for container approval, refund mark and barcode 3G. Refund mark 12 3H. Barcode requirements 13 Division 3 — Container approvals Subdivision 1 — Grant of container approval 3I. Application process for container approval 14 3J. Criteria for grant of container approval 15 3K. Grounds for refusal of container approval 16 3L. Matters to be considered by CEO in deciding application 16 3M. Decision in relation to container approval 17 3N. Conditions on container approvals 18 Subdivision 2 — Transfer of container approval by application 3O. Application to transfer container approval 19 3P. Deciding transfer application 20 Subdivision 3 — Amendment, suspension or cancellation of container approval on CEO's initiative 3Q. Amendment of container approval on CEO's initiative 22 3R. Suspension or cancellation of container approval 22 3S. Process for amendment, suspension or cancellation of container approval 23 3T. Notice of amendment, suspension or cancellation of container approval 24 3U. Container approval continues in force 25 Subdivision 4 — Miscellaneous 3V. Register of container approvals 25 3W. Verification by statutory declaration 26 Part 2 — Return of containers Division 1 — Refund point operators 4. Eligibility criteria for refund point operators 27 Division 2 — Claiming refund amount 4A. Refund amount (s. 47J) 28 4B. Claiming refund amount from refund point 28 4C. When refund point operator not required to accept container and pay person refund amount 28 4D. Guidelines in relation to contaminated containers 31 4E. Refund declaration and proof of identity 31 4F. Ways refund amount may be paid 33 4G. Claiming refund amount from refund point that is reverse vending machine 34 4H. Ways reverse vending machine may dispense refund amount 36 4I. When refund amount must not be claimed 37 Division 3 — Obligations in relation to refund points 4J. Refund point operator must keep refund declarations 38 4K. Obligations in relation to refund points other than reverse vending machines 39 4L. Obligations in relation to reverse vending machines 39 Part 2A — Scheme agreements and scheme participants Division 1 — Scheme agreements 4M. Terms used 41 4N. Scheme agreement template 41 4O. Amendment of scheme agreement template 43 4P. Content and publication of approved scheme agreement template 43 4Q. Compliance with approved scheme agreement template 45 4R. Deemed term in scheme agreements 46 Division 2 — Supply agreements 4S. Term used: approved supply amounts calculation methodology 46 4T. Supply amounts calculation methodology 46 4U. Amendment of supply amounts calculation methodology 47 4V. Content and publication of approved supply amounts calculation methodology 48 4W. Content of supply agreement 48 Division 3 — Export rebate agreements 4X. Term used: export rebate protocol 49 4Y. Export rebate protocol 49 4Z. Content of export rebate agreements 50 Division 4 — Refund point agreements 4ZA. Content of refund point agreements 51 4ZB. Circumstances in which refund point operator must not claim payment 52 Division 5 — Material recovery agreements Subdivision 1 — Sampling plans and eligible container factors 4ZC. Terms used 53 4ZD. Coordinator to prepare draft sampling plan 54 4ZE. Amendment of approved sampling plan 55 4ZF. Cooperation with sampling 55 4ZG. Eligible container factor 56 Subdivision 2 — MRF operators and material recovery agreements 4ZH. Terms used 57 4ZI. Recovery amount protocol 57 4ZJ. Content of material recovery agreement 58 4ZK. Circumstances in which MRF operator must not claim recovery amount 60 4ZL. Audits of MRF operators 61 Subdivision 3 — Sharing payments with local governments 4ZM. Terms used 63 4ZN. Local government sharing protocol 64 4ZO. MRF operators to share payments with local governments 64 4ZP. Audits of MRF operators and local governments 65 Part 3 — Coordinator of the scheme Division 1 — Appointment of Coordinator of the scheme 5. Approval of board members 67 6. Conditions of appointment of Coordinator 67 7. Functions of Coordinator 67 7A. Performance of Coordinator's functions in relation to contracts 69 8. Performance of Coordinator's functions in relation to refund points 69 9. Performance of Coordinator's functions in relation to recycling 70 9A. Performance of Coordinator's functions in relation to verification and recycling 71 Division 2 — Coordinator performance targets 10. Container recovery rate: preliminary years 71 11. Container recovery rate: other years 72 12. Accessibility and coverage of refund points 72 Division 3 — Reporting by Coordinator 13. Coordinator website 73 14. Notice to Minister of adverse matters 73 15. Annual report 74 16. Quarterly report 75 17. Minister may require reports for periods of less than 3 months 76 18. Website reporting 78 19. Coordinator must obtain required information from subsidiary or contractor 78 Division 4 — Scheme Account 20. Scheme funds 79 Division 5 — Ministerial directions 21. Term used: direction 80 22. Content of direction 80 23. Form of direction 81 24. Grounds for giving direction 81 25. Process for giving direction 82 26. Urgent direction may be given immediately 83 Division 6 — Amendment, administration and revocation 27. Grounds for appointing administrator or revoking appointment of Coordinator 84 28. Process for amendment, administration or revocation by request 85 29. Process for amendment, administration or revocation by Minister's initiative 85 30. Immediate appointment of administrator 87 31. Publication of amendment, administration or revocation 89 32. Interim Coordinator and Scheme Account 89 Division 7 — Transitional arrangements 32A. Compliance with transition out plan 90 32B. Transition costs 90 Part 4 — Miscellaneous Division 1 — Civil penalty provisions 33. Terms used 92 34. Civil penalty provisions prescribed 92 35. Court may make orders if person has contravened civil penalty provision 93 36. Warning notice in respect of application for civil penalty order 94 37. Proceedings for civil penalty order 94 38. Enforcement of civil penalty order 95 Division 2 — Miscellaneous 39. Performance audit by CEO 95 40. Disclosure of information by CEO 96 41. Transition period for displaying refund mark on containers 97 Notes Compilation table 98 Defined terms Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulations 2019