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The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2022 (SI 2022 No. 76) amend the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020, specifically, to alter the full implementation date for Scotland\u2019s Deposit Return Scheme to 16 August 2023.  Other amendments designed to support the delivery and operation of a successful DRS include: <ul>   <li>Allowing online retailers, and others selling through a distance sale, to refuse to accept a return of a disproportionately large number of containers in a single transaction;<\/li>   <li>Clarifying that, for products that are filled and sealed in a retail or hospitality setting, for example the kind of can known as a \u2018crowler\u2019, the person filling and sealing them will be the producer and bear responsibility for their collection;<\/li>   <li>Providing that a producer that is a producer only by virtue of filling and sealing crowlers is exempt from the annual fee to register with SEPA, and changing this fee from \u00a3360 to \u00a3365 for eligible producers to cover the cost of regulating these additional producers;<\/li>   <li>Creating a duty for wholesalers or others selling articles not intended for sale in <a>Scotland<\/a> to disclose at point of sale that the items are not intended for sale in Scotland and cannot be returned for a deposit, which will help to prevent fraud;<\/li>   <li>Adjusting SEPA\u2019s enforcement powers in line with SEPA\u2019s existing powers in the Environment Act 1995, which will help ensure effective enforcement of DRS.<\/li> <\/ul> &nbsp;  <\/div> <div>Sources :<a>The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2022 (SI 2022 No. 76)<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 gov.uk in force from 25 February 2022<\/div>   <span class=\"separator separator--center separator--gradient separator--md\"><\/span>\n\n\n<h4><span class=\"has-inline-color has-color-5-color\"><strong>EHS regulatory compliance and monitoring \u2013 an expert solution to ensure your organization\u2019s compliance <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay ahead of evolving HSE requirements across 300+ jurisdictions, with daily updates curated by our in-house legal experts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bttn-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/solutions\/regulatory-compliance-and-monitoring\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"bttn  bttn--md\"><span class=\"bttn__cont-label-icon\"><span class=\"bttn__label\">Discover Red-on-line\u2019s regulatory compliance and monitoring solution.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>The full implementation date for Scotland\u2019s Deposit and Return Scheme (DRS) has been moved back to date of 16 August 2023. 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