Extraordinary circumstances exemption
47N Extraordinary circumstances exemption
This section applies if a container has become unsuitable to be recycled because of extraordinary circumstances.
On and after the appointed day 3 for this section, a person may apply to the CEO for an exemption from the requirements of section 47M in respect of the container.
The CEO may grant the exemption, subject to any conditions that the CEO specifies in the exemption, if satisfied that —
the container has become unsuitable to be recycled; and
the circumstances that caused the container to become unsuitable to be recycled were extraordinary and either —
could not have reasonably been foreseen by the person; or
were beyond the person’s control.
A person who has been granted an exemption must comply with any condition specified in the exemption.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $50 000.
[Section 47N inserted: No. 5 of 2019 s. 6.]
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