Tennant Creek (Garbage) By-Laws 1989

(a) keep on the premises one garbage receptacle of a type that the council has, subject to clause (3), approved by resolution;

(b) maintain the garbage receptacle in good order and condition and not cause or permit the garbage receptacle to attract or harbour insects or vermin, to become unsightly or cause an offensive odour or otherwise to become or cause a danger to public health or to interfere with or affect the comfort of persons occupying, using or passing through or along neighbouring premises or public places;

(c) ensure that the lid of the garbage receptacle is at all times kept closely fitted, except where the garbage lid is removed for the purpose of placing garbage into, or taking it out of, the receptacle;

(d) subject to clause (2), ensure that garbage produced on the premises is deposited in the garbage receptacle;

(e) cause all wet garbage to be effectively wrapped before it is placed in the garbage receptacle;

(f) indelibly mark or paint on the lid and on the body of the garbage receptacle the street number and name of the premises, or the lot number of the land;

(g) on the day or days and at the time notified by the Council in a newspaper circulating in the municipality, cause the garbage receptacle on the premises to be placed on the footpath outside the premises in such a position as to enable the garbage collector access to it, and shall replace, or cause it to be replaced, on the premises as soon as possible after the contents have been removed; and

(h) cause the garbage receptacle to be thoroughly cleansed with antiseptic not less than once in each 4 week period.

(2) Clause (1)(d) does not prevent the lawful destruction by fire of garbage capable of being so destroyed.

(3) The council must not approve a type of garbage receptacle for the purposes of clause (1)(a) unless the receptacle: