24Grounds for refusal of container approval

24 Grounds for refusal of container approval

24 Grounds for refusal of container approval

For the purposes of section 40(4)(c) of the Act, the EPA may refuse to grant a container approval on any of the following grounds—

(a) that the applicant for the approval has contravened a condition of a container approval held by the applicant, or that a container approval held by the applicant has been revoked,

(b) if the applicant for the approval is a body corporate—that a director of the body corporate is or has been the director of another body corporate that is a supplier and—

(i) that the supplier has contravened a condition of a container approval or a container approval held by the supplier has been revoked, or

(ii) that the supplier has contravened a supply arrangement,

(c) that the EPA considers the material forming part of the container, including labelling, is not suitable for—

(i) recycling or reuse, or

(ii) considering the objects of the Act, another appropriate method of disposal,

(d) that the containers belonging to the class of containers to which the application applies will not comply with the conditions of container approval set out in clause 23A.

cl 24: Am 2017 (650), Sch 1 [9]; 2023 (53), Sch 1[12].