Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Food Waste
27C. Reporting of food waste treated
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A person must submit to the Agency, in relation to each year or part of a year for which the person is or was a building manager of a prescribed building (each such year or part of a year called in this section a reportable period of the building manager), a report containing the following information:
Agency
“Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act 2002;
the amount of food waste treated pursuant to sections 27(1)(a) or (b) and 27B(1)(a) or (b) in that reportable period of the building manager;
of the amount of the food waste so treated in that period —
the amount that is treated in the prescribed building or within the premises on which the prescribed building is situated; and
the amount that is treated at a licensed waste disposal facility or public disposal facility;
any other prescribed information relating to the food waste so treated in that period.
A person given an approval under section 27(1) by the Agency must, in respect of the time during which the person is an occupier of the prescribed building or any part of the prescribed building, submit to the building manager a report containing the following information in relation to the food waste treated or caused to be treated by the person as such occupier under the approval:
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;
the amount of food waste so treated;
of the amount of the food waste so treated in that period —
the amount that is treated in the prescribed building or within the premises on which the prescribed building is situated; and
the amount that is treated at a licensed waste disposal facility or public disposal facility;
any other prescribed information relating to the food waste so treated in that period.
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 $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.