Litter Amendment Regulations 1996 (WA)

19 July 1996] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3459

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

LG301

LITTER ACT 1979

LITTER AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1996

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Litter Amendment

Regulations 1996.

Commencement

2. These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Litter

Amendment Act 1996 comes into operation.

Principal regulations

3. In these regulations the Litter Regulations 1981* are referred to as the

appearance of, a public litter receptacle.

principal regulations.

[4' Published in Gazette 3 July 1981, pp. 2603-05.

For amendments to 26 June 1996 see 1995 Index to Legislation of

Western Australia, Table 4, p. 171]

Regulation 2 amended

4. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting the

definition of "publicity material".

Regulation 5 repealed and a regulation substituted

5. Regulation 5 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted —

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Interference with litter receptacle

5.   Except with the consent of the owner, a person shall not misuse or

interfere with the proper function of, or detract from the proper

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Regulation 7 repealed

6.     Regulation 7 of the principal regulations is repealed.

Schedule 1 repealed and a Schedule substituted

7. Schedule 1 to the principal regulations is repealed and the following

Schedule is substituted -

it

Schedule 1

[Regulation 9 (2)1

Item Section or Nature of Offence Penalty

regulation ($)

1	s.23	Littering	40
2	s.24	Breaking glass, metal or
earthenware	40
3	s. 24A (1)	Bill posting	40
4	s. 24A (2)	Bill posting on a vehicle	40
5	reg. 6	Depositing domestic or commercial waste in a public
litter receptacle	40
6	reg. 8	Transporting load inadequately secured	40

Schedule 2 amended

8.     Schedule 2 to the principal regulations is amended by deleting Form 1

and substituting the following Form -

it

Form 1

Western Australia

LIFER INFRINGEMENT NOTICE

Litter Act 1979 Section 30 (1)

No

Date

M

Surname (block letters) Other names in full

ADDRESS

Number and street Town or suburb

Postcode

It is alleged that at a m /p m on the

day of 19 in the area of

you committed the offence indicated hereunder by a cross (x).

19 July 19961 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3461

Offence	Section or	Modified
regulation	penalty

Littering	s. 23	$40
Breaking glass, metal or
earthenware	s. 24	$40
Bill posting	s.24A (1)	$40
Bill posting on a vehicle	s. 24A (2)	$40
Deposit of domestic or commercial
waste in a public litter receptacle	reg. 6	$40
Transporting load inadequately
secured	reg. 8
$40

If you do not wish to have a complaint of this offence heard and determined by a court, you may pay to an officer at the place specified on the reverse side of this form, within a period of twenty-one days after the date of service of this notice, the modified penalty set out in this notice

Authorized Officer

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By His Excellency's Command,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Council.