Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION ACT 2020 - SECT 144

Provision of information

  (1)   The rules may require a person to provide to the Minister information relating to the objects of this Act, for statistical purposes (including purposes in connection with the collation, analysis and dissemination of statistical information).

  (2)   The rules may also require a constitutional corporation to provide to the Minister information relating to:

  (a)   products used, designed, manufactured or distributed by the corporation, including the reuse, remanufacture, recycling or recovery of those products; or

  (b)   waste from products used, designed, manufactured or distributed by the corporation; or

  (c)   actions taken by the corporation to:

  (i)   reduce or avoid generating waste from products through improvements in the design of products; or

  (ii)   improve the durability, reparability and reusability of products; or

  (d)   waste from products generated by the corporation; or

  (e)   activities relating to reuse, remanufacture, recycling or recovery undertaken by the corporation, including use by the corporation of recycled materials.

  (3)   The rules may also require a person to provide to the Minister information relating to activities conducted by the person in relation to:

  (a)   importing or exporting waste from products; or

  (b)   importing or exporting waste material; or

  (c)   importing or exporting products that contain, or are derived from, recycled waste material.

  (4)   Subsections   (1), (2) and (3) do not limit each other.

Collating, analysis and disseminating information

  (5)   The Minister may collate, analyse and disseminate information (including by publishing reports and papers) provided under rules made for the purposes of subsection   (1), (2) or (3).

  (6)   Disseminating information (including by publishing reports and papers) for the purposes of subsection   (5) must be in accordance with any requirements prescribed by the rules.

  (7)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person is subject to a requirement under rules made for the purposes of subsection   (1), (2) or (3); and

  (b)   the person fails to comply with the requirement.

Strict liability offence

  (8)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection   (7).

Penalty:   60 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision

  (9)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (7).

Civil penalty:   250 penalty units.