30Payment of refund amounts

#### 30 Payment of refund amounts 30 Payment of refund amounts > > (1) For the purposes of section 42(3)(a) of the Act, a refund amount may be paid to a person— > > > > > (a) by electronic funds transfer to an account nominated by the person, or > > > > > (b) by coupons redeemable for cash, goods or services, or > > > > > (c) under a rewards scheme, or > > > > > (d) in another way determined by the EPA by order published in the Gazette. > > > (2) A collection point operator is guilty of an offence if the operator— > > > > > (a) is required to pay a refund amount by electronic funds transfer to an account nominated by a person, and > > > > > (b) fails to cause payment of the refund amount to be made to the person within 3 business days after the container is counted by a machine used by the collection point operator to count, verify and sort containers. > > > > Maximum penalty— > > > > > (a) for a corporation—100 penalty units, or > > > > > (b) otherwise—50 penalty units. > > > (3) (Repealed) > > **cl 30:** Ins 2017 (650), Sch 1 \[10\]. Am 2023 (53), Sch 1\[15\]–\[17\]; 2025 No 48, Sch 3.15.