The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025
Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.
Change 1
As published
67 The handling payment
(1) The deposit management organisation must provide for a payment (a “handling payment”) to be paid by the deposit management organisation to each return point operator, other than the deposit management organisation itself.
(2) The deposit management organisation must determine the amount of the handling payment having regard to all relevant factors including—
(a) costs of purchasing or leasing any machinery, equipment or materials required for the collection or storage (or both) of returnable items;
(b) costs of staff time dedicated to the collection or storage (or both) of returnable items;
(c) rental value of the floor space or any other part of any premises used solely for the collection or storage (or both) of returnable items.
(3) The deposit management organisation may determine that the amount of the handling payment be different in different cases.
(4) Before determining the amount of the handling payment under paragraph (2), the deposit management organisation must consult—
(a) the Environment Agency,
(b) DAERA,
(c) return point operators or persons representing return point operators, and
(d) such other persons (if any) as the deposit management organisation considers appropriate,
and have regard to the views expressed in responses to the consultation.
(5) A determination of the amount of the handling payment under paragraph (2) shall have effect for a period no longer than three years from the date of that determination.
(6) The deposit management organisation—
(a) may make a further determination under paragraph (2) of the amount of the handling payment at any time, and
(b) must make a further determination under paragraph (2) to take effect at the end of the period of three years from the date of the previous determination.
Your change, as a redline
67 The handling payment
(1) The deposit management organisation must provide for a payment (a “handling payment”) to be paid by the deposit management organisation to each return point operator, other than the deposit management organisation itself.
(2) The deposit management organisation must determine the amount of the handling payment having regard to all relevant factors including—
(a) costs of purchasing or leasing any machinery, equipment or materials required for the collection or storage (or both) of returnable items;
(b) costs of staff time dedicated to the collection or storage (or both) of returnable items;
(c) rental value of the floor space or any other part of any premises used solely for the collection or storage (or both) of returnable items.
(3) The deposit management organisation may determine that the amount of the handling payment be different in different cases.
(4) Before determining the amount of the handling payment under paragraph (2), the deposit management organisation must consult—
(a) the Environment Agency,
(b) DAERA,
(c) return point operators or persons representing return point operators, and
(d) such other persons (if any) as the deposit management organisation considers appropriate,
and have regard to the views expressed in responses to the consultation.
(5) A determination of the amount of the handling payment under paragraph (2) shall have effect for a period no longer than three years from the date of that determination.
(6) The deposit management organisation—
(a) may make a further determination under paragraph (2) of the amount of the handling payment at any time, and
(b) must make a further determination under paragraph (2) to take effect at the end of the period of three years from the date of the previous determination.
One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".
Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.
A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.
Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.
Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.