17Making of action plans

17 Making of action plans

17 Making of action plans

(1) An action plan—

(a) must set out how the person who is required to lodge the action plan intends to comply with the provisions of this part for which the action plan is required to be prepared, and

(b) may include indirect actions intended to offset adverse environmental impacts generally or specifically in connection with the regulated product, and

(c) must include the information prescribed by the regulations.

(2) An action plan must be lodged in the form and way approved by the regulator.

(3) The regulator may require the person who lodged the action plan to give further information for the purpose of assessing the action plan.

(4) The regulations may specify the following by reference to a brand owner, product stewardship organisation, regulated product, activity or industry—

(a) the period within which an action plan must be lodged to the regulator,

(b) whether an action plan is required to be prepared for compliance with the following—

(i) product stewardship requirements,

(ii) product stewardship targets,

(iii) record keeping requirements under section 11,

(iv) reporting requirements under sections 12 and 13,

(c) the circumstances in which an action plan is required to be prepared,

(d) the information that must be included in an action plan,

(e) the period within which the action plan must be reviewed.