WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 95
Amendment of accredited product stewardship scheme
WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 95
Amendment of accredited product stewardship scheme
95 Amendment of accredited product stewardship scheme
(1) The participants in an accredited product stewardship scheme may amend the
scheme by agreement of all the participants.
(2) The scheme manager for the
scheme must advise the chief executive of the amendment within 10 business
days after the amendment is made if the amendment is one of the following—
(a) adding to the participants in the scheme or removing any of the
participants;
(b) changing the scheme manager for the scheme;
(c) adding to
the brands of the product that are the subject of the scheme.
(3) The chief
executive must record, on the register of accredited product stewardship
schemes, details of the amendment the chief executive considers appropriate.
(4) An amendment under subsection (1) must not include an amendment that will
have an adverse effect on achieving the scheme’s objectives, including, for
example, by affecting the ability of the scheme to meet its objectives within
the time frames included in the scheme.
(5) Subsection (4) does not stop the
accreditation of a new voluntary product stewardship scheme to replace an
existing accredited scheme.
