31Refunds not payable in respect of certain containers

31 Refunds not payable in respect of certain containers

(1)  A refund amount is not payable under this Act in respect of an approved container deposited at a container refund point if the refund point operator for the container refund point is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, of one or more of the following:

(a) that the container is not substantially empty;

(b) that the container does not display the relevant prescribed marks;

(c) that the container displays marks that are obscured, or damaged, in such a manner that the marks are unable to be identified as the relevant prescribed marks;

(d) that a refund amount has already been paid in respect of the container under this Act or an equivalent Act;

(e) that the container refund point is a container refund machine and the machine has refused to accept the container;

(f) that the prescribed circumstances apply in respect of the container.

(2)  Subsection (1)(e) does not prevent a container that is refused by a container refund machine from being deposited, and accepted, at another container refund point.