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locality, to provide a depot, less than 85 percent of yur

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convenient for his customers, fruit juice and concentrates
for the acceptance of con- thereof."

tainers purchased from him

and for refunds to the pur- Information received this
chaser as required under month in reply to an ineuiry

subsection (1), and a person to the Minister of Recreation
may elect to deliver up the and Conservation stated:
containers at the premises "Parapraph or subsection
at which thev are sold or (1) of Section 3 is inclusive
offered for sale, or at a and therefore applicable to
depot provided under this

any vendor within the pro-
subsection; but, in any case, yince who offers drinks as

the refund prescribed by defined under the Act for
subsection (1) shall be made gale of the premises. A
at the place to which the
containers are delivered.
(3) This section applies

retailer is therefore requir-
ed to refund a minimum of 2¢

in cash on the kind or class
to a Government Liquor Store of container he sells up to

under the Government Liquor the limit of 24 per customer
Act. in each day.

(4) A person may refuse Subsection 4 of the same
to accept delivery of a section outlines the only

container, or to refund the conditions under which refus-
amount prescribed under sub- 4] to refund is acceptable.

section (1), if the container A customer being refused
(a) is not of the kind and 4 yefund may in company of

class he sells or of a witness of the refusal lav

offers for sale; or an information before a Jus-

(b) is in a flattened, tice of the Peace as set out

damaged, dirty, or under Sections 10 and 17 of
rusty condition; but the Summary Convictions Act,
dents or damage to Chapter 373, 1955 c. 7, s. l.

extract the contents
thereof shall not be
considered to be dam-

aged under this sub-
section. =. n>

(5) Any person rcferred to

in subsection (1) who refuses

neglects, or fails to give the Minister of Recreation
the undertaking, or to carry and Conservation office as

out the undertaking, or to well. It is dated March 9,

make the refund required 1972 for immediate release.
under this section is guiltv

a See eee a ites MERCHANTS ARE REMINDED OF

o the pen: hy

in this Act. 1970, c. 22, peGuI ED

s. 3: 1972, c. 33, ss. 2-4)!
The Litter Act Regulations, The Hon. W.K. Kiernan,

as well as being applicable Minister of Recreation and

to containers for alcoholic Conservation, emphasized

and carbonated beverares, Coday that every retailer in

also apply to containers ‘British Columbia who sells

used for "soft drinks, fruit soft drinks or carbonated

drinks, and reconstituted beverages in any container of

fruit drinks consisting of _ 4 81%e less than forty ounces

is expected to refund at his

Penalties for infractions. of
the Litter Act or Regulations
are governed by the same Act?’

The following Press
Release was sent to us from

ON BOTTLES, CANS

SMENTS TO MAKE REFUNDS (

place of business not less
than two cents each for empty
contoiners of the kind and
class he sells.

i “4:.ernan was responding

tc # amouncement bv Pacific
Pec oo .tton Limited, of
Viaacouver, that the Company
ws Susoending operations

an? theic denot operators

would net accept any soft
drink containers for refunds
after “arch ll.

"Tf containers are pre-
sented bv the customer for
refund, any failure on the
part of the merchant to
refund will be considered a
Willful violation of the
Litter Act," Mr. Kiernan said

Mr. Kiernan noted that
Section 3 of the Litter Act
as recently amended requires
retailers to make refunds for
the containers at their place
of business, and that Pacific
Reclamation had announced
that thev were suspending
Operations becatuse of the
amendments;
“Tt is suggested’to the
merchants that they govern
themselves accordingly,"
Mr. Kiernan said. "If they
o not wish to refund empty
comtainers we would suggest
tey do not sell full ones."

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