40 Pa. Code § 5.3. Refund of deposits.

§ 5.3. Refund of deposits.

(a)  A licensee receiving deposits as provided for in this subchapter shall make refund of the deposits in cash or, at the option of the purchaser, as a credit on a purchase made, upon return of empty original containers.
(b)  Manufacturing licensees may only accept empty original containers from licensees or persons to whom the containers were sold and delivered and which are the property of the manufacturer.
(c)  Importing distributors and distributors may only accept empty original containers from licensees or persons to whom the containers were sold and delivered by the licensees.
(d)  Manufacturing licensees shall accept empty original containers, the property of the manufacturer, from a person who paid a deposit, on a sale and delivery, to an importing distributor or a distributor who has permanently or temporarily ceased doing business as an importing distributor or a distributor. The manufacturing licensee shall make refunds of the deposits received by the importing distributor or distributor. The manufacturing licensee shall make refunds of the deposits received by the importing distributor or distributor to the person returning the original containers.
(e)  Successors and transferees to and of importing distributors and distributors shall accept empty original containers from licensees or persons to whom the containers were sold and delivered by predecessor or transferor licensees and shall make refunds of deposits received by the predecessor or transferor licensees to the licensee or person returning the original containers.

Source

   The provisions of this §  5.3 adopted June 26, 1952; amended January 20, 1978, effective February 1, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 201.

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