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SUMMARY OFFENCES AMENDMENT (DISPLAY OF SPRAY PAINT CANS) BILL 2006





                       New South Wales




Summary Offences Amendment
(Display of Spray Paint Cans) Bill 2006


Contents

                                                                Page
           1   Name of Act                                        2
           2   Commencement                                       2
           3   Amendment of Summary Offences Act 1988 No 25       2
           4   Repeal of Act                                      2
  Schedule 1   Amendment                                          3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.


                                               Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
                                               Legislative Assembly,
                                               Sydney,                     , 2006




                            New South Wales




Summary Offences Amendment
(Display of Spray Paint Cans) Bill 2006
Act No      , 2006




An Act to amend the Summary Offences Act 1988 to regulate the display of spray
paint cans in shops.




I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill
as finally passed by both Houses.


                          Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1          Summary Offences Amendment (Display of Spray Paint Cans) Bill 2006




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
 1    Name of Act
               This Act is the Summary Offences Amendment (Display of Spray Paint
               Cans) Act 2006.
 2    Commencement
               This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.
 3    Amendment of Summary Offences Act 1988 No 25
               The Summary Offences Act 1988 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
 4    Repeal of Act
         (1)   This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act
               commences.
         (2)   The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
               of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.




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Amendment                                                                 Schedule 1




Schedule 1            Amendment
                                                                             (Section 3)
      Section 10D
      Insert after section 10C:
     10D     Unsecured display by retailers of spray paint cans
             (1)   The occupier of any shop from which spray paint cans are sold
                   must not display any such can in any part of the shop to which
                   members of the public are permitted access unless the can is
                   properly secured in accordance with subsection (2).
                   Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
             (2)   A spray paint can is properly secured if it is displayed:
                   (a) in a locked cabinet, or
                   (b) within or behind a counter in such a manner that members
                         of the public are not able to gain access to the can without
                         the assistance of the occupier or an employee or agent of
                         the occupier, or
                   (c) in any other manner prescribed by the regulations.
             (3)   The regulations may provide that this section does not apply to or
                   in relation to any specified class or description of spray paint can.
             (4)   The Minister is to review the operation of this section as soon as
                   possible after the period of 2 years following the date of
                   commencement of this section.
             (5)   In this section:
                   display includes store or keep.
                   occupier, in relation to a shop, means:
                    (a) a person who has the right to occupy the shop to the
                          exclusion of the owner, or




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Schedule 1   Amendment




                (b)    the person who is the owner of the shop if there is no
                       person with a right to occupy the shop to the exclusion of
                       the owner.
                sell includes offer for sale or expose for sale.
                shop includes any retail premises.
                spray paint can means a spray can that contains spray paint.




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