Part 4WASTE FOOD AND LIQUID REFUSE

PART 4—WASTE FOOD AND LIQUID REFUSE Division 1—Liquid refuse 4.1 Interpretation In this division, unless the context otherwise requires— liquid refuse includes all washings from windows and vehicles, overflow, bleed off, condensate and drainage from air-conditioning equipment, including cooling towers and evaporative coolers and other liquid used for cooling purposes, but does not include swimming pool backwash; and liquid waste means bathroom, kitchen, scullery and laundry wastes, all washings from animal and poultry pens and any other domestic or trade wastes that are discharged by means of a drain to a receptacle for drainage, but does not include swimming pool backwash. 4.2 Deposit of liquid refuse A person shall not deposit or cause or permit to be deposited liquid refuse— (a) on a street; (b) in a stormwater disposal system; or (c) on any land or place other than a place or depot duly authorised for that purpose. 4.3 Disposal of liquid waste (1) The owner or occupier of premises shall— (a) provide, by one of the methods prescribed in this clause, for the disposal of all liquid waste produced on the premises; and (b) at all times maintain in good working order and condition any apparatus used for the disposal of liquid waste. (2) Liquid waste shall be disposed of by one of the following methods— (a) discharging it into the sewerage system of a licensed water service operator in a manner approved by the licensed water service operator; (b) discharging it into an apparatus for the treatment of sewage and disposal of effluent and liquid waste approved by the Executive Director, Public Health or the local government; or (c) collection and disposal at an approved liquid waste disposal site in a manner approved by the local government or the Executive Director, Public Health. Division 2—Transport of butchers’ waste 4.4 Interpretation butchers’ waste includes animal skeletons and rib cages from a boning room and the inedible products of an abattoir. 4.5 Restriction of vehicles A person shall not use for the transport of butchers’ waste— (a) a vehicle used for the transport of food or drugs; or (b) anything intended to be used for the packing or handling of food or drugs.