Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4A · Disposable Carrier Bag Charge
23F. Registered retailer must impose and collect charge for disposable carrier bags
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Subject to subsection (2), a registered retailer must impose and collect a charge of an amount no less than the prescribed amount for each disposable carrier bag that the registered retailer provides to a customer who purchases any goods from the registered retailer.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to —
a prescribed class, type or description of disposable carrier bags;
a disposable carrier bag that is provided to a prescribed person or class of persons;
a disposable carrier bag that is provided in prescribed circumstances; or
a prescribed registered retailer.
A registered retailer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
retailer
“retailer” means a person who carries on a trade or business of supplying any regulated goods or regulated product to consumers;
In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (3), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant intended to commit the offence.
The offence under subsection (3) is a strict liability offence.