Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION ACT 2020 - SECT 124

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person has been issued with an identity card under subsection   123(1); and

  (b)   the person ceases to be a person referred to in paragraph   123(1)(a), (b) or (c); and

  (c)   the person does not, within 14 days after so ceasing, return the person's identity card to the Secretary.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply:

  (a)   to an authorised officer whose authorisation has been suspended; or

  (b)   if the identity card was lost or destroyed.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection   (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).

  (3)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Penalty:   1 penalty unit.