(a) A dealer shall accept from any person, except another dealer, a distributor or a manufacturer, any empty beverage container on which a cash refund value is required by this chapter, provided that such container is of a kind, size and brand of beverage sold by the dealer at the time of, or which had been sold by such dealer within thirty days of, the offer by such person to return such beverage container. No dealer shall refuse to pay in cash to such person, upon the demand of such person, except as provided above, the refund value of such beverage container established pursuant to this chapter, provided that the place to which such person offers to return such beverage container is the normal point of sale of such beverage container by such dealer.
(b) No distributor shall refuse to accept from a dealer, to whom such distributor normally distributes, any empty beverage container on which a cash refund value is required by this chapter, provided that such container is of a kind, size and brand of beverage sold by the distributor at the time of, or which had been sold by such distributor within thirty days of, the offer by such dealer to return such beverage container, nor shall such distributor refuse to pay in cash to the dealer at the demand of such dealer, except as provided above, the refund value of such beverage container established pursuant to this chapter, provided that such containers are made available for pick-up by the distributor at the normal point of delivery by such distributor to such dealer or at any other place reasonably convenient to such distributor.