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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2022 No. 76
6. In regulation 5 (obligations relating to charging deposits and marketing, offering for sale or selling articles)—
(a)in paragraph (3), for “1 July 2022” substitute “16 August 2023”,
(b)after paragraph (3), insert—
“(3A) Any person who markets, offers for sale or sells a non-Scottish article in Scotland on or after 16 August 2023 to a purchaser other than a consumer must communicate to that purchaser at the point of sale that—
(a)the article is not a scheme article to which the requirements of these Regulations apply,
(b)an item of packaging in which that article is contained or sold cannot be returned in exchange for payment of a sum equal to a deposit.”.
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