Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (BEVERAGE CONTAINERS AND PLASTIC BAGS) ACT 2011 - SECT 14

    (1)     A beverage retailer must not sell a beverage in a regulated container unless the container is a permitted container.

Fault elements:

The retailer:

        (a)     intentionally sells the beverage in a regulated container; and

        (b)     is reckless as to whether the container is a permitted container.

Maximum penalty:     400 penalty units.

    (2)     A beverage retailer must not sell a beverage in a regulated container unless the container is a permitted container.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.