South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts72—Certain containers prohibited
"prohibited container" means—
(a) a
sealed container (commonly known as a "ring pull container") that is wholly or
mainly constructed of metal (whether or not of more than one kind of metal)
and capable of being opened, without the aid of any instrument, by the removal
of portion of the container in such a manner as results or may result in
severance from the body of the container of the portion so removed; or
(b) a
sealed glass container of a prescribed kind in which the contents are held
under pressure; or
(c) a
plastic container of a class prescribed as prohibited containers.
(2) The Governor may
not make a regulation prescribing a class of plastic containers as
prohibited containers for the purposes of paragraph (c) of
the definition of "prohibited container" in subsection (1) unless
satisfied that an effective system of resource recovery of the
containers—
(a) is
not assured in advance of introduction of the containers to the market; or
(b) has
not been established or maintained following the introduction of the
containers to the market.
(3) A retailer must
not sell a beverage in a prohibited container.
Maximum penalty: $4 000.
Expiation fee: $300.
(4) A person must
not—
(a)
supply a beverage in a prohibited container to a retailer for sale by the
retailer; or
(b) sell
a beverage in a prohibited container for consumption.
Maximum penalty: $4 000.
Expiation fee: $300.