Saskatchewan
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Saskatchewan Regulations 188/73
(effective August 1, 1973)
as amended by
Saskatchewan Regulations 216/74
The Litter Control Regulations
NOTE:
This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been
incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes
and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation
and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the
original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are
reproduced in this consolidation.
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SR 188/73 LITTER CONTROL, 1973
Table of Contents
1 Title
2 Interpretation
3 Classes of vendors
4 Classes of containers
5 Deposits
6 Quantities to be accepted
7 Geographic area excluded from provisions
of the Act
8 Classes of approved containers excluded
from provisions of the Act
9 Approval of containers
10 Disposal of containers
11 Depots
12 Vendors notice re: location of depot,
hours of operation
13 Vendor may refuse to pay sum
SCHEDULE A
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LITTER CONTROL, 1973 SR 188/73
SASKATCHEWAN REGULATION 188/73
under The Litter Control Act, 1973
Regulations Made Under The Litter Control Act, 1973
Title
1 These regulations may be cited as the Litter Control Regulations, 1973.
Interpretation
2 In these regulations:
(a) Act means The Litter Control Act, 1973.
(b) association means the Saskatchewan Brewers Association Limited.
(c) beer means beer defined in The Liquor Act.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s2.
Classes of vendors
3 There shall be the following classes of vendors in the province:
(a) Vendor of carbonated soft drinks;
(b) Vendor of carbonated soft drinks who has established or is a member of
a group of vendors who has established a depot under section 8 of the Act;
(c) Vendor of beer who is a member of the association; and
(d) A vendor who sells or offers for sale beer for consumption off the
premises in which the beer is sold or offered for sale.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s3.
Classes of containers
4 Classes of approved containers shall be as follows:
(a) Refillable bottles of any capacity used for the purpose of holding
carbonated soft drinks;
(b) Refillable bottles of any capacity used for the purpose of holding beer;
(c) Non-refillable bottles of any capacity used for the purpose of holding
beer or carbonated soft drinks;
(d) Cans of any capacity used for the purpose of holding carbonated soft
drinks;
(e) Bottles for the purpose of holding beer which is not bottled in the
Province of Saskatchewan; and
(f) Paper or plastic containers used by a vendor for the purpose of
dispensing beverages.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s4.
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Deposits
5(a) A vendor of carbonated soft drinks, as classified in clause (a) of section 3 of
these regulations, shall pay for each approved container of the type classified
in clause (a) or section 4 of these regulations brought to him the following
sums in legal tender:
(i) five cents for each approved container which has a capacity not
greater than 16 fluid ounces.
(ii) ten cents for each approved container which has a capacity greater
than 16 fluid ounces.
(b) A vendor of beer, as classified in clause (d) of section 3 of these
regulations, shall pay forty eight cents for each dozen of approved containers
of the type classified in clause (b) of section 4 of these regulations brought to
him.
(c) A vendor of beer, as classified in clause (c) of section 3 of these
regulations, shall pay sixty cents for each dozen of approved containers of the
type classified in clause (b) of section 4 of these regulations brought to a
warehouse operated by the association.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s5; 2 Aug 74 SR 216/74 s2
and 3.
Quantities to be accepted
6(1) A person may deliver not more than twenty-four approved containers to any
one vendor during any one day.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person may deliver more than twenty-four
approved containers to any one vendor during any one day where that vendor
expressly or impliedly accepts delivery of the greater number of approved
containers.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s6.
Geographic area excluded from provisions of the Act
7 The area of the Province of Saskatchewan north of the 56th parallel is excluded
from the operation of sections 7 to 10 of the Act.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s7.
Classes of approved containers excluded from provisions of the Act
8 Non-refillable bottles, paper and plastic containers, bottles and cans as
classified in clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f) of section 4 of these regulations are excluded
from the provisions of section 7 to 10 of the Act.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s8.
Approval of containers
9 Application for approval of beverage containers shall be made in writing on the
form prescribed in these regulations and shown attached hereto as Schedule A.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s9.
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Disposal of containers
10 Approved containers coming into the possession of a vendor which are unfit
for the purpose for which they were originally approved shall be disposed of:
(a) Through a municipal solid waste disposal system; or
(b) A sanitary landfill approved under The Public Health Act and regulations;
or
(c) By re-using the container material in the manufacture of other
containers or some other commodity or thing.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s10.
Depots
11 A depot established under section 8 of the Act by a vendor or group of vendors
in the class described in clause (b) of section 3 of these regulations shall be
established and operated in accordance with the following:
(a) The depot shall be established and operated not more than 0.5 miles
from the premises in which the vendor who has established, or each member
of a group of vendors that has established, the depot sell, offers for sale or
distributes beverages in an approved container.
(b) The depot shall operate for the purpose of receiving empty approved
containers of the type in which a beverage is sold by the vendor or each
member of the group of vendors during the same hours which the vendor or
any member of the group of vendors operate the premises where the beverage
is sold in approved containers.
(c) The vendor who has established or each member of the group of vendors
that has established a depot shall pay the sum fixed by the regulations to any
person who delivers to the depot approved containers of any type in which
any beverage is sold, offered for sale or distributed by the vendor or any
vendor who is a member of the group.
(d) Notwithstanding section 6 of these regulations any person may deliver
any number of approved containers to a depot during any one day.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s11.
Vendors notice re: location of depot, hours of operation
12 Where a vendor, or group of vendors, has established a depot under section 8
of the Act the vendor or each member of the group shall post in a conspicuous place
at or near the place of his premises where beverages are sold or offered for sale a
notice indicating where the depot is located and its hours of operation.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s12.
Vendor may refuse to pay sum
13 A vendor in the class described in clause (b) or (c) of section 3 of the
regulations may refuse to pay the sum fixed by these regulations where the
approved containers are delivered to him at the premises in which he sells, or
offers for sale any beverage in an approved container.
10 Aug 73 SR 188/73 s13.
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SCHEDULE A
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A BEVERAGE CONTAINER
THE UNDERSIGNED:
NAME OF APPLICANT ________________________________________________________
ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________
HEREBY MAKES APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO USE THE ENCLOSED
CONTAINER, MARKED EXHIBIT ____________________ , FOR THE PURPOSE OF
(1, 2, 3, etc.)
SELLING A BEVERAGE UNDER THE BRAND NAME OF _______________________
THE BEVERAGE IS:
A CARBONATED SOFT DRINK BEER
OTHER (describe) ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
THE CONTAINER IS MANUFACTURED FROM ___________________________
___________________________ AND HAS A CAPACITY OF ______ FLUID OUNCES.
THE CONTAINER IS / IS NOT REFILLABLE.
DATED ____________________ , 19 ______. ____________________________
Signature of Applicant or
Officer of Company
APPROVAL TO USE A BEVERAGE CONTAINER
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT ___________________________________________________
_________________________ IS AUTHORIZED TO SELL _________________________
BRAND NAME BEVERAGE(S) IN A _________ OUNCE CONTAINER IDENTIFIED
BY THE APPLICANT AS EXHIBIT ____________________________ .
TERMS OR CONDITIONS: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
THIS APPROVAL SHALL EXPIRE ON ________________________________________ .
DATED ____________________ , 19 ______. ____________________________
Minister of the Environment
Issued Under The Authority of Section 6 of The Litter Control Act, 1973.
Updated
November 2, 2008
