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Environment Protection Act 2017
131Reports of littering offences to Authority or council
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131 Reports of littering offences to Authority or council
(1) A person who sees another person committing an offence under this Part may inform the Authority or the relevant council of this by giving the Authority or the council (as the case requires) a signed written report containing—
(a) the date, approximate time and place of the offence; and
(b) the nature of the waste; and
(c) any evidence of the identity of the person who is alleged to have committed the offence.
(2) On receiving a written report under subsection (1), the Authority or the council may take further action against the person who is alleged to have committed the offence.
S. 132 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).