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Drinks Containers (Redemption) Bill
This is the text of the Drinks Containers (Redemption) Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 3 June 1998 | |
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Drinks Containers (Redemption) Bill | |
B I L L TO Provide for the redemption of certain drinks containers; and for connected purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- | |
Redemption value of drinks containers. | 1. - (1) Every drinks container which is sold or offered for sale shall have a redemption value of five pence. |
(2) Every drinks container which is sold or offered for sale shall be clearly marked with the words "Redemption value 5p". | |
(3) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument- | |
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(4) An order under subsection (3) above may make different provisions for different types of drinks or containers but no more that one order containing provisions under subsection (3)(a) above (whether alone or with other provisions) may be made in any twelve month period. | |
Redemption of drinks containers. | 2. - (1) Subject to section 3 below, every retailer shall accept, at his place of business and during his normal business hours, from any person, any empty drinks container of a kind, size and brand sold by that retailer, and pay to that person the redemption value of the container; but shall not be required to accept from any one person in any 24-hour period more than one hundred empty drinks containers. |
(2) Every distributor shall collect, at reasonable intervals, from the place of business of any retailer supplied by him, any empty drinks container of a kind, size and brand sold by that distributor, and pay to that person the redemption value of that container plus half a penny. | |
(3) Every manufacturer shall collect, at reasonable intervals, from the place of business of any distributor or any retailer supplied by him, any empty drinks container of a kind, size and brand sold by that manufacturer, and pay to that person the redemption value of that container plus half a penny. | |
(4) Subsections (1) to (3) above shall not apply in respect of containers which- | |
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Redemption by retailer other than at his place of business. | 3. For the purposes of section 2(1) above, a retailer may arrange for containers to be redeemed at a place other than at his place of business (whether or not it is the place of business of another retailer), provided that- |
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Offences and penalties. | 4. - (1) A person who sells or offers for sale drinks in any drinks container not marked in accordance with section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence. |
(2) A person who refuses to redeem a drinks container in accordance with section 2 (and, in the case of a retailer, section 3) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence. | |
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding- | |
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Interpretation. | 5. In this Act- |
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Short title, commencement and extent. | 6. - (1) This Act may be cited as the Drinks Containers (Redemption) Act 1998. |
(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed for different purposes. | |
(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland. |
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