4Meaning of container refund point

4 Meaning of container refund point

(1)  For the purposes of this Act, the following are container refund points:

(a) a facility, or premises, where an empty approved container may be deposited in exchange for the payment of the refund amount;

(b) a container refund machine;

(c) a facility, premises or machine, or a class of facilities, premises or machines, that is or are prescribed as a container refund point.

(2)  Nothing in this Act prevents a container refund point from being operated –

(a) on a permanent or temporary basis; or

(b) from a permanent, or mobile, structure or vehicle; or

(c) on a for-profit basis or a not-for-profit basis.

(3)  For the avoidance of doubt, a container refund point does not include a location where an empty approved container may be deposited by a person with the intention that –

(a) another person is to deposit the container at a container refund point; and

(b) the refund amount in respect of the approved container is to be paid to the other person or another person.