ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 114 Litter enforcement officers
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 114
Litter enforcement officers(1) The Authority may appoint a person as a litter enforcement officer.
S. 114(2) amended by No. 36/2022 s. 45.
(2) A litter authority may appoint an employee of the litter authority, or each member of a class of employee of the litter authority, as a litter enforcement officer in relation to—
(a) any bus, tram, watercraft, rail vehicle or aircraft owned or managed by the litter authority that is being used for a public purpose; or
(b) in the case of a litter authority that is a council, any land or waters in the council's municipal district; or
(c) any land or waters under the control or management of the litter authority; or
(d) any offence under this Part that may result in waste appearing on land or waters under the control or management of the litter authority (regardless of where the offence occurs).
(3) The Secretary, being the body corporate established by Part 2 of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 , may appoint a person as a litter enforcement officer in respect of any land managed under a relevant law within the meaning of that Act.
Division 3—Offences in relation to littering and other waste
S. 115 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12− 30, 3/2020 ss 42– 44, 47/2020 s. 26).