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require
that certain retailers shall provide free of charge a collection
point for |
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any packaging materials
sold or supplied by them; and to require them to |
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recycle or safely dispose
of such materials. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Collection
of packaging |
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(1) |
A relevant retailer shall
provide a safe collection point within the curtilage of |
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each of his retail outlets
for the return of packaging sold or otherwise supplied |
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from that outlet in the
course of business. |
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(2) |
A collection point under
subsection (1) shall be clearly signed and shall be open |
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to the public during all
business hours. |
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Recycling
or disposal of packaging |
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A relevant retailer shall
ensure that packaging collected under the provisions |
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(a) |
where reasonably practicable,
is reused, returned to the supplier or |
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(b) |
in any other circumstances,
is safely disposed of using a licensed waste |
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“packaging”
means any container, material, substance or component |
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supplied with a product
but which is not a part of that product; |
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“relevant retailer”
means a person who carries on a business in a premises |
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(a) |
is approved for that
purpose under Planning Use Class A1, A2 |
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