Tasmanian Numbered Acts

LITTER ACT 2007 (NO. 38 OF 2007)

- Act 38 of 2007
- Royal Assent 24 October 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation
   4.      Application of Act
   5.      Objects of Act
   6.      Act binds Crown

   PART 2 - Appointment of Authorised Officers

   7.      Power of Secretary to appoint authorised officers
   8.      Power of councils to appoint employees as authorised officers

   PART 3 - Prohibition of Littering Division 1 - Littering

   9.      Littering

           Division 2 - Unsolicited documents and advertising material

   10.     Meaning of “unsolicited document”
   11.     Unsolicited documents must be put in mailboxes, &c.
   12.     Leaflets, &c., not to be placed on vehicles
   13.     Bill-posting without consent
   14.     Advertiser must disclose name of distributor
   15.     Distributor must disclose name of depositor
   16.     Duty of person authorising or arranging for unsolicited document

           Division 3 - Infringement notices

   17.     Service of infringement notice
   18.     Form of infringement notice
   19.     Acceptance of infringement notice
   20.     Extension of acceptance period
   21.     Payment
   22.     Effect of acceptance
   23.     Withdrawal of infringement notice

           Division 4 - Owner onus

   24.     Owner onus in respect of motor vehicles and trailers
   25.     Proceedings in respect of owner onus liability
   26.     Evidentiary effect of statutory declaration in proceedings against
           another person
   27.     More than one registered operator
   28.     Infringement notices relating to owner onus offences
   29.     Bodies corporate and joint registered operators
   30.     Exceptions to liability of registered operators
   31.     Time limit for proceedings arising from owner onus

           Division 5 - Removal and prevention of litter

   32.     Special authority for authorised officers in reserved lands
   33.     Duty of litterer to remove litter
   34.     Court may order removal of litter
   35.     Litter abatement notices
   36.     Form of litter abatement notices
   37.     Amendment or revocation of litter abatement notices
   38.     Recovery of costs arising from litter abatement notices

           Division 6 - Reporting of offences by public

   39.     Reports of offences
   40.     False or misleading statements

   PART 4 - Powers of Authorised Officers

   41.     Powers of authorised officers
   42.     Obstruction of authorised officers
   43.     Names and addresses of offenders
   44.     Powers of police officers
   45.     Direction by police officers in connection with offences
   46.     Facilitation of proof of certain matters
   47.     Evidence of identity and authority

   PART 5 - Litter Management Fund

   48.     Litter Management Fund

   PART 6 - Miscellaneous and Supplemental

   49.     Protection from liability
   50.     Delegations of functions, &c., by Secretary
   51.     Evidentiary provision
   52.     Regulations
   53.     Administration of Act
   54.     Consequential Amendments
   55.     Legislation repealed
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2


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