Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01628:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01628
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 6006–7786

7  Application for accreditation of a voluntary arrangement
 (1) The administrator of a voluntary arrangement may apply to the Minister for accreditation of the arrangement in relation to a product.
Note 1: The administrator of a voluntary arrangement must be a body corporate: see paragraph 71(d) of the Act.
Note 2: See sections 172, 173 and 174 of the Act for additional matters relating to applications.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 172(1)(d) of the Act, the application must be accompanied by:
 (a) a document setting out details of the following:
 (i) the name of the administrator;
 (ii) the product in relation to which the arrangement is to be accredited;
 (iii) the outcomes, or proposed outcomes, of the arrangement;
 (iv) how the arrangement operates or will operate;
 (v) the proposed use of a product stewardship logo in relation to the arrangement; and
 (b) a copy of the document referred to in paragraph 71(b) of the Act.
Note 1: Paragraph 71(b) of the Act requires a voluntary arrangement to have a written document setting out the persons that are authorised by the arrangement to exercise the Commonwealth's intellectual property rights in a product stewardship logo in connection with the product, and the circumstances in which those persons are authorised to exercise those rights.
Note 2: If rules made for the purposes of section 155 of the Act specify a fee that must accompany an application for accreditation of a voluntary arrangement and payment of the fee has not been waived, the application must be accompanied by the fee (see paragraph 172(1)(e) of the Act).
 (3) The administrator may withdraw the application before the Minister makes a decision about the application under section 8.

Division 3—Accreditation of voluntary arrangements