Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020

The rules may make provision for and in relation to requiring records to be made and retained by one or more of the following:

holders, or former holders, of export licences;

persons who carry out, or have carried out, export operations in relation to regulated waste material;

accrediting authorities;

administrators of accredited voluntary arrangements;

liable parties in relation to products;

administrators of approved co‑regulatory arrangements;

persons who are required to take, or not to take, specified action in relation to products under rules made for the purposes of section 92;

any person who is performing functions or exercising powers under this Act;

any person who has performed functions or exercised powers under this Act;

any other person prescribed by the rules.

Without limiting subsection (1), the rules may make provision for and in relation to any of the following:

the kind of records that must be made and retained;

the form in which records must be made and retained;

the period for which records must be retained;

the secure retention of records.

A person contravenes this subsection if:

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

the person fails to comply with the requirement.

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

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