Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4B · Beverage Container Return Scheme
23W. Producers must submit information to scheme licensee
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A producer of a beverage product who is required under section 23O to be a member of a licensed scheme for beverage containers must provide the information mentioned in section 23V(1)(a), (b) or (c) to the scheme licensee of the licensed scheme that the producer is a member of, within the time requested by the scheme licensee (subject to any regulations made under section 52 prescribing any other time for the provision).
licensed scheme
“licensed scheme” means a producer responsibility scheme operated by a person who is licensed under section 29;
A producer who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —
on the first conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and
on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after that second or subsequent conviction.