Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4B · Beverage Container Return Scheme
23V. Keeping of records
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A producer of a beverage product must keep and maintain complete and accurate records of —
the name, type, number of units, volume and form of each beverage product supplied by the producer;
the materials and weight of the beverage container used for each beverage product supplied by the producer; and
any other prescribed information.
The producer mentioned in subsection (1) must —
retain the records mentioned in subsection (1) for at least the prescribed period; and
comply with a request made by an authorised officer during the prescribed period mentioned in paragraph (a) —
to make available for inspection by any authorised officer, the records mentioned in subsection (1); or
to submit to the Agency the records mentioned in subsection (1) in the time specified in the request.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —
on the first conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and
on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after that second or subsequent conviction.
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.