Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Food Waste
27A. Provision of segregated waste disposal facilities
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The building manager of a prescribed building must provide, in the prescribed building or within the premises on which the prescribed building is situated, one or more facilities to enable occupiers of the prescribed building or any part of the prescribed building to segregate and dispose of food waste separately from any other type of waste.
building manager
“building manager”, in relation to a prescribed building, means —(a)where the prescribed building is occupied by only one person — the owner or occupier of the building; or(b)where the prescribed building is occupied by more than one person —(i)where the prescribed building is a subdivided building — the management corporation of the building; or(ii)where the prescribed building is not a subdivided building — the owner of the building or an agent of the owner who is responsible for maintaining the building;
A building manager 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; 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 conviction.
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.