Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2016 (NO. 51 OF 2016) - SECT 83

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is the subject of—

              (i)     a name and address direction; or

              (ii)     an evidence direction; and

        (b)     fails to comply with the direction.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

Note     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement or give false or misleading information (see Criminal Code

, pt 3.4).

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (3)     This section does not apply to a person if the authorised person, before giving the direction, did not—

        (a)     produce the authorised person's identity card for inspection by the person; or

        (b)     warn the person that failure to comply with the direction is an offence.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

    (4)     In this section:

"direction" means a name and address direction or an evidence direction.

"evidence direction"—see subsection 82  (3).

"name and address direction"—see subsection 82  (2).