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RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION ACT 2020 - SECT 81

Administrator to achieve outcomes for co - regulatory arrangement

  (1)   The administrator of an approved co - regulatory arrangement in relation to a product must:

  (a)   take all reasonable steps to ensure that the arrangement achieves the outcomes specified under section   79 in relation to that product; and

  (b)   comply with any requirements prescribed by rules made for the purposes of that section for achieving those outcomes.

Note 1:   The Minister may give an improvement notice, and require an audit of the arrangement to be carried out under section   109, if the administrator does not comply with this section.

Note 2:   The Minister may cancel the arrangement's approval if the administrator does not comply with this section (see section   87).

Strict liability offence

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

Penalty:   60 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision

  (3)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Civil penalty:   250 penalty units.



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