Identification of ownership of shopping trolleys
24F Identification of ownership of shopping trolleys
A retailer must display on each of the retailer’s shopping trolleys the following information:
the retailer’s name;
the address of the retailer’s premises at which the retailer keeps the trolley;
the contact telephone number of—
the retailer; or
a person authorised by the retailer to collect the trolley;
the telephone number for the shopping trolley hotline;
anything else prescribed by regulation.
The information mentioned in subsection (1)—
must be legible and conspicuously displayed on the shopping trolley; and
must not be easily removed from the trolley or made illegible.
A retailer commits an offence if the retailer fails to comply with this section.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
Subsection (3) does not apply if the information mentioned in subsection (1) is—
removed from the shopping trolley by a person other than the retailer; or
made illegible by a person other than the retailer.
The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58).
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
In this section:
shopping trolley hotline means a telephone contact service operated by the Territory to receive information about shopping trolleys left in public places.
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