Avoiding accumulations of waste
112 Avoiding accumulations of waste
This section applies if a person (the responsible entity) authorises, or arranges for, the distribution of advertising material to premises in an area.
The responsible entity must take reasonable steps to ensure that the advertising material does not, having regard to the way in which it is delivered to premises, become waste.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
Example of reasonable steps for subsection (2)—
The advertising material is delivered in a way that is consistent with the Distribution Standards Board’s code of practice for the delivery of advertising material.
If, in the delivery of any of the advertising material to any premises, a person contravenes the unlawful delivery provision or the secure delivery provision, the responsible entity must, if directed by the chief executive to do so, collect the material from the premises within the period directed by the chief executive.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
This section does not apply to a newspaper unless, having regard to section 106(2), the newspaper is unsolicited advertising material for premises.
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