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RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION ACT 2020 - SECT 122

Minister may publicise certain offences, contraventions and decisions

  (1)   The Minister may publicise, in any way the Minister thinks appropriate, any or all of the following:

  (a)   an offence against this Act of which a person has been convicted, and the person's name;

  (b)   a contravention of a civil penalty provision of this Act in relation to which a civil penalty order has been made against a person, and the person's name;

  (c)   the acceptance of an undertaking given under section   114 of the Regulatory Powers Act (as it applies because of this Part) by a person, the terms of the undertaking, and the person's name;

  (d)   a breach of an undertaking given under section   114 of the Regulatory Powers Act (as it applies because of this Part) in relation to which an order has been made against a person under subsection   115(2) of that Act (as it applies because of this Part), the terms of the order and the person's name;

  (e)   the granting or varying of an injunction under Part   7 of the Regulatory Powers Act (as it applies because of this Part) restraining a person from engaging in conduct, or requiring a person to do an act or thing, the nature of the conduct, act or thing and the person's name;

  (f)   a decision to:

  (i)   give the administrator of an approved co - regulatory arrangement an improvement notice; or

  (ii)   require an audit of an approved co - regulatory arrangement to be conducted; or

  (iii)   cancel the accreditation of a voluntary arrangement or the approval of a co - regulatory arrangement;

  (g)   the reasons for a decision referred to in paragraph   (f);

  (h)   the name of the administrator of an arrangement referred to in paragraph   (f).

Note:   This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph   6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle   6.

  (2)   This section does not:

  (a)   limit the power of the Minister or anyone else to publicise a matter or a person's name; or

  (b)   prevent anyone else from publicising a matter or a person's name; or

  (c)   affect any obligation (however imposed) on anyone to publicise a matter or a person's name.



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