Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered RegulationsDictionary
(see reg 3)
"container" includes a government bin.
"garbage"—see the Act, section 21 (Definitions for pt 3).
"garbage service"—see the Act, section 21.
"government bin" means a bin provided by the Territory for use in connection with the storage and collection of garbage.
"insanitary condition" means a condition that a reasonable person would consider to be, or to be likely to become, a risk to public health or offensive to community health standards.
"keep", in relation to garbage or waste, includes cause or allow to be kept.
"occupier", of premises, includes—
(a) a person believed on reasonable grounds to be an occupier of the premises; and
(b) a person apparently in charge of the premises.
"premises" includes—
(a) any dwelling, building or structure (whether or not it is fixed to the land); and
(b) any part of premises.
"public health"—see the Public Health Act 1997, dictionary.
"regulated waste"—see the Environment Protection Act 1997, schedule 1, clause 1A.
"suitable", in relation to a container in which garbage or waste is stored, means suitable for storage of the garbage or waste.
Endnotes
Notification
1 Notified in Gazette 2001 No S47 on 17 July 2001.
Penalty units
2 The Interpretation Act 1967, s 33AA deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.
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