Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4A · Disposable Carrier Bag Charge
23G. Preventing circumvention of charge
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A registered retailer must not provide any reimbursement for a charge mentioned in section 23F(1), whether in money or in kind.
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 (2), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant intended to commit the offence.
The offence under subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.