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Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulation 2017
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#### 5 Excluded containers
5 Excluded containers
> > (1) For the purposes of section 22 of the Act, the following kinds of container are excluded from the operation of Part 5 of the Act—
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> > > (a) containers designed to contain less than 150ml of beverage,
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> > > (b) containers designed to contain more than 3L of beverage,
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> > > (c) glass containers used to contain only wine or spirituous liquor,
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> > > (d) containers designed to contain 1L or more of—
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> > > > (i) flavoured milk, or
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> > > > (ii) beverage comprising at least 90% fruit or vegetable juice (or a mixture of fruit and vegetable juices),
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> > > (e) containers made of cardboard and plastic, cardboard and foil or cardboard, plastic and foil (commonly known as casks or aseptic packs) designed to contain 1L or more of wine, wine-based beverage or water (including mineral water and spring water),
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> > > (f) containers made of plastic or foil, or both, (commonly known as sachets) designed to contain 250ml or more of wine.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this clause, a beverage is spirituous liquor if the beverage—
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> > > (a) is a liqueur or any other alcoholic beverage produced by distillation (or a mixture of both), and
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> > > (b) is not mixed with any beverage other than a liqueur or an alcoholic beverage produced by distillation.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this clause, a beverage is wine if the beverage—
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> > > (a) is produced by fermentation of grapes (whether or not it is mixed with any other grape product), and
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> > > (b) is not mixed with any beverage other than a grape product.
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> > (4) In this clause—
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> > wine-based beverage means a beverage that—
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> > > (a) contains a mixture of wine and another beverage that is not a grape product, and
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> > > (b) has an alcohol by volume content of less than 10%.
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> **cl 5:** Am 2023 (53), Sch 1\[4\].