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The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Amendment of the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020

  4. 3.Commencement date

  5. 4.Interpretation

  6. 5.Scheme articles and scheme packaging

  7. 6.Low volume drink products

  8. 7.Obligations relating to charging deposits and marketing, offering for sale or selling articles

  9. 8.Producers

  10. 9.Application for registration of a producer

  11. 10.Producer registration

  12. 11.Producer obligations: general

  13. 12.Producer obligations: further provision

  14. 13.Producers registered through a scheme administrator

  15. 14.Scheme administrator

  16. 15.Obligations of a scheme administrator

  17. 16.Retailer obligations

  18. 17.Return points

  19. 18.Application for registration of a groceries retailer as return point operator

  20. 19.Hospitality retailers

  21. 20.Takeback services

  22. 21.Exemptions for return points

  23. 22.Revocation of an exemption for a return point

  24. 23.Application for exemption of a return point

  25. 24.Voluntary return point operators

  26. 25.Appeals and reviews

  27. 26.Enforcement authority

  28. 27.Enforcement authority costs

  29. 28.Offences

  30. 29.Duty to review these Regulations

  31. 30.Producer registration: Information to be contained in an application for producer registration

  32. 31.Information to be contained in applications for registration of groceries retailers operating return points, takeback service providers and return point exemptions

  33. 32.Collection targets

  34. 33.Registration of a voluntary return point operator

  35. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      NEW SCHEDULE 1A TO BE INSERTED INTO THE DEPOSIT AND RETURN SCHEME FOR SCOTLAND REGULATIONS 2020

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      NEW SCHEDULE 1B TO BE INSERTED INTO THE DEPOSIT AND RETURN SCHEME FOR SCOTLAND REGULATIONS 2020

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      NEW SCHEDULE 1C TO BE INSERTED INTO THE DEPOSIT AND RETURN SCHEME FOR SCOTLAND REGULATIONS 2020

  37. Explanatory Note

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