South Australian Numbered Acts

PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS (WASTE AVOIDANCE) ACT 2008 (NO 45 OF 2008) - SECT 5

5—Retailer not to provide plastic shopping bag

        (1)         If—

            (a)         a retailer provides a plastic shopping bag to a customer on or after the prescribed day; and

            (b)         the plastic shopping bag is provided to the customer as a means of carrying goods purchased, or to be purchased, from the retailer,

the retailer is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Expiation fee: $315.

        (2)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (1) if the retailer proves that he or she believed on reasonable grounds that the bag was not a plastic shopping bag.

        (3)         This section applies whether or not a fee is charged to the customer for provision of the plastic shopping bag.