South Australia

   Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2008

   under the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Act 2008

   Contents
   1 Short title
   2 Commencement
   3 Interpretation
   4 Prescribed day (section 3)
   5 Prescribed requirements for notice (section 4)

   Legislative history

   1--Short title

   These regulations may be cited as the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste
   Avoidance) Regulations 2008.

   2--Commencement

   These regulations will come into operation on the day on which the
   Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Act 2008 comes into operation.

   3--Interpretation

   In these regulations--

   Act means the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Act 2008.

   4--Prescribed day (section 3)

   For the purposes of the definition of prescribed day in section 3 of
   the Act, 4 May 2009 is prescribed.

   5--Prescribed requirements for notice (section 4)

   (1) Pursuant to paragraph (b) of section 4(1) of the Act, a retailer to
   whom that section applies must display, in a prominent position at each
   point of sale in the retailer's premises, a notice that--

   (a) subject to subregulation (2), is not less than 95mm in height and
   150mm in width; and

   (b) includes the following statement in legible letters:

   The SA Government is banning the supply of lightweight checkout style
   plastic shopping bags from 4 May 2009.

   Alternative shopping bags are available from this retail outlet.

   (2) The requirement for a notice to be not less than the size specified
   in subregulation (1)(a) does not apply in relation to a notice in
   electronic form.

   Legislative history

   Notes

   o For further information relating to the Act and subordinate
   legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian
   Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

   Principal regulations

   Year
       No
          Reference
                                  Commencement
   2008
       319
          Gazette 18.12.2008 p5702
                                  1.1.2009:  r 2