Cap. 473 Art. 12Power to exempt payment of eco- contribution.

(1) The Minister may, with the concurrence of the

Minister responsible for finance and in accordance with regulations made under the provisions of article 13 -

(a) exempt any producer from the payment of the eco-contribution, in whole or in part, which would otherwise have been payable on products produced by him, or

(b) grant any producer a credit of the contribution paid on such products, in whole or in part, against eco-contributions which may fall due in future, if the producer provides or participates in a scheme, approved as provided in the regulations, for the recovery of waste from those products: Provided that producers of bags of plastics falling under the First Schedule and producers of services falling under the Second Schedule shall not qualify for the purpose of this sub-article.

(2) The Minister, shall, by not later than the second week of each month publish in the Gazette a list of the exemptions which may have been allowed in terms of sub-article (1).