Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01628:reg:10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01628
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10
Character Range: 10728–12143

10  Preconditions to deciding to accredit a voluntary arrangement
 (1) Before deciding to accredit a voluntary arrangement in relation to a product, the Minister must be satisfied that the arrangement will result in an overall benefit to the environment, or human health and safety, over the life cycle of the product to which the arrangement relates.
 (2) The Minister must refuse to accredit a voluntary arrangement in relation to a product if the Minister is satisfied that:
 (a) an outcome of the arrangement in relation to the product will not further the objects of the Act; or
 (b) the arrangement is unlikely to achieve one or more of those outcomes; or
 (c) the product stewardship criteria are not satisfied in relation to the product; or
 (d) the persons authorised by the arrangement to exercise the Commonwealth's intellectual property rights in a product stewardship logo in connection with the product, or the circumstances in which those persons are authorised, are not appropriate; or
 (e) it is not in the public interest to accredit the arrangement.
Note 1: See section 14 of the Act for when the product stewardship criteria are satisfied.
Note 2: Subsection 70(5) of the Act is relevant to determining whether the Minister, as the accrediting authority, is satisfied in relation to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section.

Division 4—Accredited voluntary arrangements