Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LITTER ACT 2004 - SECT 8

    (1)     A person must not deposit litter at a public place.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person deposits litter anywhere; and

        (b)     it escapes, or is likely to escape, into or onto a public place.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

Note     Escape is defined in the dictionary.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person deposits litter in a public place in a receptacle provided for litter; and

        (b)     the litter is not of the size, shape, nature or volume for which the receptacle is provided.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (4)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to—

        (a)     the placing of a receptacle containing litter at a public place for the litter to be removed by a garbage collection service; or

        (b)     the depositing of litter in accordance with an invitation from a public servant in the exercise of his or her functions; or

        (c)     the depositing of litter at a place with the consent of the occupier of the place; or

        (d)     the depositing of litter at a public landfill or waste transfer station.

    (5)     Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply if the depositing of the litter is accidental and the person takes all reasonable steps to retrieve the litter.

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