sec.308Transition period for displaying refund marking on beverage containers

### sec.308 Transition period for displaying refund marking on beverage containers A manufacturer of a beverage product does not commit an offence against section 99P(2) if, before the manufacture transition day, the manufacturer sells a beverage product in a container that does not display the refund marking. Also, a person does not commit an offence against a provision of chapter 4, part 3B if, before the collection transition day, the person does any of the following things in relation to a container that does not display the refund marking— claims a refund amount for the container at a container refund point, including a reverse vending machine; accepts the container and pays a refund amount for the container; allows a reverse vending machine to accept the container and dispense a refund amount for the container; claims a recovery amount for the container from the Organisation; makes a declaration in an approved form about the container displaying a refund marking. In this section— collection transition day means the day that is 6 months after the manufacture transition day. manufacture transition day means the day, prescribed by regulation, that is at least 1 year after the day a regulation prescribing the requirements for the refund marking made under section 99K, definition refund marking commences. s 308 ins 2017 No. 31 s 34 (sec.308-ssec.1) A manufacturer of a beverage product does not commit an offence against section 99P(2) if, before the manufacture transition day, the manufacturer sells a beverage product in a container that does not display the refund marking. (sec.308-ssec.2) Also, a person does not commit an offence against a provision of chapter 4, part 3B if, before the collection transition day, the person does any of the following things in relation to a container that does not display the refund marking— claims a refund amount for the container at a container refund point, including a reverse vending machine; accepts the container and pays a refund amount for the container; allows a reverse vending machine to accept the container and dispense a refund amount for the container; claims a recovery amount for the container from the Organisation; makes a declaration in an approved form about the container displaying a refund marking. (sec.308-ssec.3) In this section— collection transition day means the day that is 6 months after the manufacture transition day. manufacture transition day means the day, prescribed by regulation, that is at least 1 year after the day a regulation prescribing the requirements for the refund marking made under section 99K, definition refund marking commences. - (a) claims a refund amount for the container at a container refund point, including a reverse vending machine; - (b) accepts the container and pays a refund amount for the container; - (c) allows a reverse vending machine to accept the container and dispense a refund amount for the container; - (d) claims a recovery amount for the container from the Organisation; - (e) makes a declaration in an approved form about the container displaying a refund marking.