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PLASTIC REDUCTION AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACT 2021
- As at 14 March 2024
- Act 31 of 2021
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Objects of Act
4. Definitions
5. Precautionary principle
6. Extraterritorial application of Act
PART 2 - PROHIBITED ITEMS
7. Prohibited plastic items
8. Design standards
9. Offence of supplying prohibited items
PART 3 - PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP REQUIREMENTS AND TARGETS
Division 1 - Preliminary
10. Definitions
11. Meaning of "brand owner"
12. Meaning of "supply"
Division 2 - Product stewardship requirements and targets
13. Product stewardship requirements
14. Minister may set product stewardship targets
15. Offence--failure to comply with product stewardship requirement or target
16. Record keeping requirements
17. Reporting requirements
18. Regulator may publish certain information
Division 3 - Action plans
19. Requirement to prepare action plan
20. Regulator may approve, or direct brand owner to resubmit, action plans
21. Requirement to hold approved action plan before supply of regulated product
22. Powers of regulator--action plans
23. Review of certain decisions by regulator
PART 4 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCES
24. Purpose of Part
25. Requiring financial assurances
26. Restriction on requiring financial assurance
27. Amount of financial assurances
28. Guidelines about financial assurances
29. Regulator may carry out certain actions if brand owner fails to carry out action
30. Recovery or funding of reasonable costs from financial assurance
31. Lapsing of financial assurance
32. Liability of regulator, State and others
33. Financial assurance not to affect other action
34. Disputes regarding call on or use of financial assurance
PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT
35. Definitions
36. Compliance notices
37. Offence--non-compliance with stop notice
38. Offence--non-compliance with compliance notices other than stop notices
39. Commencement
40. Fee to recover administrative costs of regulator
41. Compliance cost notices
42. Recovery of unpaid amounts
43. Multiple notices
44. Revocation or variation of notices
45. Action in event of failure to comply, including power to enter land
46. Obstruction of persons
PART 6 - GENERAL OFFENCES
47. Increase in penalties for certain offences
48. Ancillary offences
49. Evidence as to state of mind of corporation
50. Offence--false or misleading information in connection with supply
51. Offence--false or misleading information provided by brand owner
PART 7 - CRIMINAL AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS
52. Time within which summary proceedings may be commenced
53. Regulator may institute proceedings
54. Proof of certain appointments not required
55. Certificate evidence of certain matters
PART 8 - APPEALS
56. Appeals against compliance notices
57. Appeals against financial assurance conditions
58. Determination of appeals
PART 9 - MISCELLANEOUS
59. Service of notices
60. Continuing effect of notices
61. Regulator may grant exemptions
62. Delegation
63. Personal liability
64. Fees
65. Public register
66. Consultation requirements
67. Act to bind Crown
68. Regulations
69. Review of Act
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
Schedule 3 (Repealed)
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