24ZCircumstances when refund amount not payable by

24Z Circumstances when refund amount not payable by collection point operator—Act, s 64Y (2) (c) The Act, section 64Y (1) does not apply if— (a) the container is— (i) contaminated with a substance that makes the container— (A) unsuitable for reuse or recycling; or (B) a serious risk to health or safety of people at the collection point or a serious risk to the proper operation of the collection point; or (ii) damaged in a way that prevents— (A) the refund marking from being read; or (B) the barcode from being scanned; or (C) the collection point operator being able to confirm the container is a container; or (b) the person asks the collection point operator to donate the refund amount to an ACNC registered entity operating in the ACT that is nominated by the operator and the operator makes the donation to the ACNC registered entity within 2 working days after the day the operator accepts the container; or

Acceptance of containers at collection points Division 4A.6 Section 24ZA (c) the collection point operator gives the person a written notice of the refund amount and— (i) the collection point arrangement for the collection point provides that the network operator will pay the refund amount to the person within 2 working days after the day the collection point operator accepts the container; and (ii) the network operator pays the refund amount to the person within the 2 working days. mentioned in this section (see Criminal Code, s 58). 24ZA Refund amounts paid by collection point operators—Act, s 64Y (3) A collection point operator must pay the refund amount for a container within 2 working days after the operator accepts the container at a collection point. 24ZB Declaration of number of containers—Act, s 64Z (3) (a) The number of containers for which a refund amount is claimed at the collection point is— (a) 1 500 in 1 presentation; or (b) 3 000 in 1 or more presentations within a 48-hour period. 24ZC Records to be kept—Act, s 64Z (4) The following records are prescribed: (a) a copy of a proof of identity document of a person presenting a container at a collection point; (b) the number of containers presented for which refund amounts have been paid by the collection point operator;

Section 24ZD page 50 Waste Management and Resource Recovery (c) the number of claims for refund amounts that have been made to the collection point; (d) the number of refund declarations requested by and provided to the collection point operator at a collection point; (e) a copy of each refund declaration made at a collection point. 24ZD Refund declaration—Act, s 64Z (7) (a) the name of the person presenting a container to the collection point operator (the claimant); (b) the claimant’s residential address; (c) the number of containers for which a refund amount is claimed by the claimant; (d) the date and time the refund claim is made by the claimant; (e) a declaration signed by the claimant that, for each presented container— (i) the claimant has lawfully acquired ownership of the container; and (ii) the container was acquired in the ACT or in a State in which a corresponding law is in force; and (iii) the claimant is not aware of any refund amount being previously paid for the container.