Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LITTER ACT 1979 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 11 May 2012 of the Litter Act 1979 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Litter Act 1979	81 of 1979	11 Dec 1979	9 May 1980 (see s. 2 and Gazette 9 May 1980 p. 1446)
Litter Amendment Act 1981	49 of 1981	16 Sep 1981	Act other than s. 5(b) and (c): 16 Sep 1981 (see s. 2(1)); s. 5(b) and (c): 20 Nov 1981 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 20 Nov 1981 p. 4718)
Reprint of the Litter Act 1979 approved 20 Jul 1983 (includes amendments listed above)
Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985 s. 3	98 of 1985	4 Dec 1985	1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1986 p. 2255)
Litter Amendment Act 1986	18 of 1986	25 Jul 1986	Act other than s. 5: 22 Aug 1986 (see s. 2(1)); s. 5: 20 Mar 1987 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 20 Mar 1987 p. 949)
Acts Amendment (Public Service) Act 1987 s. 32	113 of 1987	31 Dec 1987	16 Mar 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 16 Mar 1988 p. 813)
Acts Amendment (Education) Act 1988 Pt. 8	7 of 1988	30 Jun 1988	8 Jul 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Jul 1988 p. 2371)
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19	32 of 1994	29 Jun 1994	1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)
Fish Resources Management Act 1994 s. 264	53 of 1994	2 Nov 1994	1 Oct 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Sep 1995 p. 4649)
Acts Amendment (Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices) Act 1994 Pt. 12	92 of 1994	23 Dec 1994	1 Jan 1995 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 30 Dec 1994 p. 7211)
Aboriginal Heritage Amendment Act 1995 s. 55	24 of 1995	30 Jun 1995	1 Jul 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1995 p. 2781)
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 48	78 of 1995	16 Jan 1996	4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)
Litter Amendment Act 1996	6 of 1996	24 May 1996	s. 1 and 2: 24 May 1996; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 20 Jul 1996 (see s. 3 and Gazette 19 Jul 1996 p. 3455)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Education Amendment Act 1996 s. 16(7)	22 of 1996	11 Jul 1996	11 Jul 1996 (see s. 2(1))
Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996 s. 57 and 64	49 of 1996	25 Oct 1996	25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1))
Reprint of the Litter Act 1979 as at 14 Nov 1996 (includes amendments listed above)
Trustees Amendment Act 1997 s. 18	1 of 1997	6 May 1997	16 Jun 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 10 Jun 1997 p. 2661)
Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 39	31 of 1997	3 Oct 1997	30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 44	10 of 1998	30 Apr 1998	30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (Consequential Provisions) Act 1998 s. 38	42 of 1998	4 Nov 1998	1 Jan 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Dec 1998 p. 6833)
Reprint of the Litter Act 1979 as at 4 Jan 1999 (includes amendments listed above)
School Education Act 1999 s. 247	36 of 1999	2 Nov 1999	1 Jan 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2000 p. 7904)
Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003 s. 68(4)	54 of 2003	20 Oct 2003	19 Nov 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 18 Nov 2003 p. 4723)
Local Government Amendment Act 2004 s. 13	49 of 2004	12 Nov 2004	1 Apr 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1029)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141	59 of 2004	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 74 3	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 78 and 80	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 7 Div. 3	28 of 2006	26 Jun 2006	1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)
Reprint 4: The Litter Act 1979 as at 25 Aug 2006 (includes amendments listed above)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 100	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 86	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 52	18 of 2009	16 Sep 2009	17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4	19 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)
Public Sector Reform Act 2010 s. 89	39 of 2010	1 Oct 2010	1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)
Industrial Legislation Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 6	53 of 2011	11 Nov 2011	1 Apr 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1246)
Reprint 5: The Litter Act 1979 as at 11 May 2012 (includes amendments listed above)

² Repealed by the Associations Incorporation Act 1987.

³ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
appointed area 5(1)
Association 35(2)
authorised officer 5(1)
bill 5(1)
Chairman 5(1)
Chamber of Commerce and Industry 9(6)
Council 5(1)
Department 5(1)
Fund 5(1)
infringement notice 30(1)
land 5(1)
law of the State 4(4)
litter 5(1)
member of the Council 5(1)
post 5(1)
prescribed 5(1)
private land 5(1)
proceedings 31(4)
public authority 5(1)
public place 5(1)
specified 33(5)
supporting member 5(1)
waters 5(1)