Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2023
sec.70Meaning of complying brand owner
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sec.70 Meaning of complying brand owner
A brand owner is a complying brand owner if— the brand owner is a covenant signatory and is complying with the covenant; or the brand owner is not a covenant signatory but 1 or more of the following apply— the brand owner uses consumer packaging in which the brand owner’s products are sold in a way that achieves environmental outcomes at least equivalent to the environmental outcomes achieved for the packaging through the covenant; the brand owner’s business has, in the most recent financial year, had a gross turnover of less than $5m; the brand owner does not use consumer packaging.
- (a) the brand owner is a covenant signatory and is complying with the covenant; or
- (b) the brand owner is not a covenant signatory but 1 or more of the following apply— (i) the brand owner uses consumer packaging in which the brand owner’s products are sold in a way that achieves environmental outcomes at least equivalent to the environmental outcomes achieved for the packaging through the covenant; (ii) the brand owner’s business has, in the most recent financial year, had a gross turnover of less than $5m; (iii) the brand owner does not use consumer packaging.
- (i) the brand owner uses consumer packaging in which the brand owner’s products are sold in a way that achieves environmental outcomes at least equivalent to the environmental outcomes achieved for the packaging through the covenant;
- (ii) the brand owner’s business has, in the most recent financial year, had a gross turnover of less than $5m;
- (iii) the brand owner does not use consumer packaging.
- (i) the brand owner uses consumer packaging in which the brand owner’s products are sold in a way that achieves environmental outcomes at least equivalent to the environmental outcomes achieved for the packaging through the covenant;
- (ii) the brand owner’s business has, in the most recent financial year, had a gross turnover of less than $5m;
- (iii) the brand owner does not use consumer packaging.