Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LITTER ACT 1979 - SECT 23

23 .         Littering

                Any person who deposits litter, or causes litter to be deposited, on any land or on or into any waters commits an offence unless the litter is deposited —

            (a)         on private land by consent;

            (b)         in an appointed area;

            (c)         in a place or receptacle set aside or provided for that purpose; or

            (d)         on land adjacent to private land by arrangement with, or at the invitation of, a public authority with a view to the litter being collected and removed by the public authority.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        [Section 23 amended by No. 6 of 1996 s. 5.]