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Waste Reduction and Recycling (Strengthening the Container Refund Scheme) Amendment
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102DB Obtaining criminal history report of person . . . . . . . . 59
102DC Confidentiality of criminal history information . . . . . . 60
102DD Corporations Act displacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12 Amendment of s 243 (Obstructing authorised person) . . . . . . . . 61
13 Amendment of s 245 (Definitions for chapter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
14 Insertion of new ch 16, pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Part 7 Transitional provisions for Waste Reduction and
Recycling (Strengthening the Container Refund
Scheme) Amendment Act 2026
338 Definitions for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
339 Company appointed before commencement . . . . . . 62
340 Constitution of current Organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
341 Term of appointment of directors appointed before
commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
342 Particular corporate documents prepared before
commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
343 Particular corporate documents not required for financial year
on commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
344 First annual general meeting of current Organisation 64
345 Records created or received before commencement 65
346 Transitional regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
15 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
2026
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011
for particular purposes
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Waste Reduction and Recycling
(Strengthening the Container Refund Scheme) Amendment Act
2026.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3 Act amended
This Act amends the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act
2011.
4 Amendment of s 99I (How objects are to be achieved)
Section 99I(c)(i), ‘the cost of administering’—
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other costs of
5 Omission of s 99J (Functions of Product Responsibility
Organisation)
Section 99J—
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6 Amendment of s 99M (Meaning of container)
(1) Section 99M(1)(a)(ii), ‘the beverage to be consumed’—
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consumption
(2) Section 99M(2)—
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(2) A container is a container under subsection (1)
whether or not the container includes any closure,
lid or cap that may be attached to the container.
(3) However, a container under subsection (1) does
not include a container prescribed by regulation
not to be a container for this section.
7 Amendment of s 99Q (Container recovery agreement)
(1) Section 99Q(2), ‘cost of the scheme’—
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costs of the scheme
(2) Section 99Q(4)(a), after ‘costs of’—
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the scheme, including, for example, the costs of
8 Amendment of s 99R (Limits on amounts paid by small
beverage manufacturers under container recovery
agreements)
(1) Section 99R(1), ‘worked out under a’—
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prescribed by
(2) Section 99R—
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(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), a regulation may
prescribe—
(a) a maximum amount; or
(b) a method of calculating a maximum
amount.
(3) Section 99R(1A) and (2)—
renumber as section 99R(2) and (3).
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9 Amendment of s 99ZH (Operator of material recovery
facility may claim recovery amounts)
(1) Section 99ZH(2), ‘required by’—
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required under
(2) Section 99ZH(5), ‘time required by’—
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period required under
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After section 99ZZ—
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99ZZA Costs incurred by department for scheme
(1) This section applies if the department incurs or is
reasonably expected to incur costs for the scheme.
(2) The chief executive may ask the Organisation to
pay an amount for the costs or expected costs.
(3) If requested under subsection (2), the
Organisation must pay the chief executive the
amount.
(4) An amount payable under subsection (3) may be
recovered as a debt payable by the Organisation to
the chief executive.
99ZZB Duty of confidentiality
(1) This section applies to a person who—
(a) is, or has been, any of the following
persons—
(i) a member, director of the board, or
employee of the Organisation;
(ii) a contractor engaged by the
Organisation;
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(iii) a person with whom the Organisation
has entered into a scheme agreement;
(iv) a contractor engaged by a person
mentioned in subparagraph (iii) in
relation to a scheme agreement; and
(b) in that capacity, has acquired or has access
to personal information about another
person.
(2) The person must not disclose the information to
anyone else, or use the information, other than
under this section.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(3) The person may disclose or use the information—
(a) to the extent the disclosure or use—
(i) is necessary to perform the person’s
functions under, or relating to the
administration of, this Act; or
(ii) is otherwise required or permitted
under this Act or another law; or
(b) with the consent of the person to whom the
information relates; or
(c) in compliance with a lawful process
requiring production of documents to, or
giving evidence before, a court or tribunal;
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(d) if otherwise required or permitted under
another law.
(4) In this section—
information includes a document.
personal information see the Information
Privacy Act 2009, section 12.
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Organisation)
Chapter 4, part 5—
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Part 5 Product Responsibility
Organisation
Division 1 Preliminary
102AA Main purpose
The main purpose of this part is to provide for—
(a) the appointment of an eligible company to
administer the scheme; and
(b) the good governance of the scheme.
102AB Definitions for part
In this part—
applicant see section 102AR.
board means the board of directors of the
Organisation.
corporate document see section 102BO(1).
criminal history, of a person, means the person’s
criminal history within the meaning of the
Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act
1986.
eligible company see section 102AE.
eligible individual means an individual who—
(a) is not an insolvent under administration; and
(b) is not disqualified from managing a
corporation under the Corporations Act,
part 2D.6; and
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