s 23M Interpretation of this Part
23M.—(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“beverage container” means a container that is —(a) designed to contain a beverage and to be sealed (when filled with the beverage), before the beverage is sold or delivered for its use or consumption; (b) made of a prescribed material; and (c) of a prescribed volume or shape or prescribed dimensions; “beverage product” means a regulated beverage that is in a sealed beverage container; “deposit”, in relation to a beverage container, means the deposit for the beverage container, described in section 23Q; “deposit mark” means the deposit mark mentioned in section 23N; “manufacture”, in relation to a beverage product, means the act of filling a beverage container with a regulated beverage and sealing the container; “offer to supply”, in relation to a beverage product, includes exposing or displaying the beverage product as an invitation to treat; “regulated beverage” means any liquid beverage intended for human consumption by drinking, whether or not —(a) dilution of the liquid is recommended before consumption; or (b) containing solids, but does not include a liquid of a kind that is prescribed to be excluded; “return point” means a facility or place at which a person may present an empty beverage container affixed with a deposit mark and barcode and receive the deposit for the empty beverage container accepted at the facility or place; “return point operator” means —(a) a scheme licensee who operates a return point; (b) a person required under section 23S(1) to operate a return point; or (c) a person who has entered into an arrangement with a scheme licensee to operate a return point; “scheme licensee” means a licensee of a producer responsibility scheme for beverage containers; “supply”, in relation to a beverage product, means the giving of the beverage product to another person for any purpose, whether or not for consideration in money or in kind, but does not include any such giving by an individual in the individual’s private or personal capacity. (2) Subject to subsection (3), a person is the producer of a beverage product if —(a) the person imports the beverage product into Singapore; or (b) the person manufactures the beverage product in Singapore or is engaged by another person to manufacture the beverage product for that other person. (3) A person (A) is not a producer of a beverage product if —(a) A is an individual; and (b) A imports or manufactures the beverage product other than in the course of business.[Act 14 of 2023 wef 12/07/2024]