Schedule 8: Deposit schemes Power to establish deposit schemes
Paragraph 1 provides a general power for the "relevant national authority" (as defined in section 54(2)) to make regulations establishing deposit schemes.
	Sub-paragraph (1) provides that regulations can be made for the purposes of sustaining, promoting or securing an increase in recycling, reuse, or to reduce the incidence of littering or fly-tipping.
	Sub-paragraph (2) sets out what a deposit scheme is. This is a scheme under which a person supplied with a deposit item by a scheme supplier (this might be a producer, retailer or distributor) pays the supplier an amount (the deposit) and a person who gives a deposit item to a scheme collector (this might be a retailer or to another return point) is then entitled to be paid a refund in respect of that item.
	Sub-paragraph (3) sets out what a deposit item is. This is an item specified in regulations that is supplied by way of sale or in connection with the supply of goods or services. By way of example, this might be a drinks container or disposable cutlery.
	Sub-paragraph (4) sets out that a deposit scheme may specify the circumstances in which a deposit or refund is to be paid.
	Sub-paragraph (5) provides that "scheme suppliers" and "scheme collectors" are to be defined in the regulations, it provides that a scheme supplier and a scheme collector is someone who is a supplier or producer of a deposit item. A scheme collector may also be a scheme administrator. By way of example, a scheme supplier might be a producer, distributor or retailer of a drinks container. Scheme collectors, which might be a retailer or the scheme administrator, host return points, refund deposits and handle the material that has been collected.
	Sub-paragraph (6) provides that the deposit scheme may set a deposit amount specified in regulations, or an amount determined by the scheme administrator or an amount determined (and published) by the relevant national authority.
	Sub-paragraph (7) gives a definition of the word "specified".