Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Food Waste
26. Occupiers of prescribed buildings to segregate food waste
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An occupier of a prescribed building, or a part of a prescribed building, must, as from and including the date prescribed for the building, in relation to any food waste generated by the occupier in the prescribed building or within the premises on which the prescribed building is situated —
occupier
“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means a person —(a)in occupation of the premises or part of the premises; or(b)having the charge, management or control of the premises or part of the premises, either on the person’s own account or as agent of another person,but does not include a lodger;
segregate, in the prescribed building or within those premises, the food waste from any other type of waste; and
subject to section 27, dispose of the segregated food waste only at a facility mentioned in section 27A(1).
An occupier of a prescribed building, or a part of a prescribed building, must not dispose of any type of waste other than food waste at a facility mentioned in section 27A(1).
prescribed building
“prescribed building” means any class of buildings prescribed to be subject to this Part;
A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.