Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CLINICAL WASTE ACT 1990 (NO. 5 OF 1990)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Clinical Waste Act 1990.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Act to bind Crown  
   5.      Crown not liable to prosecution  
   6.      Radioactive material  

   PART II--ADMINISTRATION CLINICAL WASTE CONTROLLER

   7.      (1) The Minister may appoint a public servant to be the Clinical Waste Controller.  
   8.      Delegation  
   9.      Appointment of inspectors  
   10.     Return of identity cards  
   11.     Declaration of disposal sites  
   12.     Fees  
   13.     Annual report  

   PART III--CLINICAL WASTE MANUAL PREPARATION OF MANUAL

   14.     (1) The Minister shall prepare and maintain a Clinical Waste Manual dealing with all matters—  
   15.     Amendment of Manual  
   16.     Publication  
   17.     Manual to be disallowable  
   18.     Inspection of Manual  

   PART IV--LICENCES APPLICATION

   19.     An application for a licence to carry on the business of transporting clinical waste shall be—  
   20.     Grant or refusal  
   21.     Duration  
   22.     Variation  
   23.     Suspension or cancellation  
   24.     Notices  
   25.     Emergency suspension  
   26.     Return of licence  
   27.     Review of decisions  

   PART V--OFFENCES HANDLING--GENERAL

   28.     A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, store, transport or dispose of clinical waste in a manner that is likely to cause injury or disease to a person lawfully dealing with that waste.  
   29.     Handling—regulated premises  
   30.     Unlicensed transportation  

   PART VI--ENFORCEMENT INTERPRETATION

   31.     For the purposes of this Part, a thing is connected with a particular offence if—  
   32.     Entry to premises  
   33.     Consent to entry  
   34.     Powers of inspectors  
   35.     Taking samples  
   36.     Disposal of seized items  
   37.     Search warrants  
   38.     Obstructing inspectors  

   PART VII--MISCELLANEOUS CONDUCT OF DIRECTORS, SERVANTS AND AGENTS

   39.     (1) Where, for the purpose of a prosecution for an offence against this Act, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of a body corporate or a natural person in relation to particular conduct, it is sufficient to show—  
   40.     Regulations