Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LITTER ACT 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--OBJECTS AND KEY CONCEPTS

   6.      Objects of Act  
   7.      Meaning of litter  

   PART 3--OFFENCES

   8.      Littering  
   9.      Aggravated littering  
   9A.     Dumping litter  
   9B.     Dumping litter—strict liability  
   9C.     Commercial waste  
   10.     Commercial waste—strict liability  
   11.     Offences about vehicle loads  
   12.     Depositing or abandoning dangerous containers  
   13.     Placing advertising leaflets on motor vehicles etc  

   PART 4--ENFORCEMENT

           Division 4.1--Authorised people

   14.     Appointment of authorised people  
   15.     Identity cards  

           Division 4.2--Powers of authorised people

   16.     Power not to be exercised before identity card shown etc  
   17.     Power to require name and address  
   18.     Entry to premises  
   19.     Consent to entry  

           Division 4.3--Dealing with litter

              Subdivision 4.3.1--Dealing with litter—removal etc by person

   20.     Request to remove litter  
   21.     Notice to remove etc litter  
   22.     Authority to remove etc litter when direction not complied with  
   23.     Liability for cost of removal etc  
   24.     ACAT review of notice under s 21  

              Subdivision 4.3.2--Dealing with
              litter—removal etc by Territory

   24A.    Removal etc of litter—by Territory  
   24B.    Recovery of costs associated with removal etc of litter  

   PART 4A--SHOPPING TROLLEYS

   24C.    Definitions—pt 4A  
   24D.    Direction to return shopping trolley  
   24E.    Notice about taking etc shopping trolley outside of shopping centre precinct  
   24F.    Identification of ownership of shopping trolleys  
   24G.    Retailer must keep shopping trolleys within shopping centre precinct  
   24H.    Notice of shopping trolley collection days  
   24I.    Notice to remove individual shopping trolley  
   24J.    Removal of shopping trolley to retention area  
   24K.    Retention of shopping trolleys  
   24L.    Disposal of retained shopping trolleys  
   24M.    Recovery of cost of disposal etc of shopping trolley  
   24N.    Removing, defacing or interfering with removal notices  

   PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS

   25.     Determination of fees  
   26.     Approved forms  
   27.     Regulation-making power  
           DICTIONARY
           ENDNOTES