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Environment Protection (Beverage Containers and Plastic Bags) Act 2011
17No refund for container purchased outside Territory or
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17 No refund for container purchased outside Territory or
corresponding jurisdiction
(a) the person delivers a permitted container to an approved
collection depot for claiming the refund amount for the
container; and
(b) the container:
(i) was not purchased in the Territory or a corresponding
jurisdiction; or
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(ii) was purchased before the start of the CDS.
(a) intentionally delivers the container for claiming the refund
amount; and
(b) is reckless as to whether the container was purchased:
(i) in the Territory or a corresponding jurisdiction; or
(ii) before the start of the CDS.
(2) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1), the court
must presume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the
container:
(a) was not purchased in the Territory or a corresponding
jurisdiction; or
(b) was purchased before the start of the CDS.
(3) The operator of an approved collection depot may ask a person
delivering containers for claiming refund amounts to complete a
declaration in the approved form stating the person has no reason
to believe the containers:
(a) were not purchased in the Territory or a corresponding
jurisdiction; and
(b) were purchased before the start of the CDS.
(4) The operator of an approved collection depot commits an offence if:
(a) within any 48 hour period, a person delivers to the depot more
than the bulk quantity of containers for claiming refund
amounts; and
(b) the operator does not ask the person to complete a
declaration of a kind mentioned in subsection (3).
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(6) The operator of an approved collection depot commits an offence if
the operator does not:
(a) keep each declaration made under this section (or a copy of
the declaration) at the operator's place of business in the
Territory for 3 years after the date of the declaration; or
(b) have the document mentioned in paragraph (a) available for
inspection at all reasonable times by an authorised officer.
(7) An offence against subsection (6) is an offence of strict liability.
(8) In this section:
bulk quantity, of containers, means:
(a) 1 500 containers; or
(b) if another quantity is prescribed by regulation – the other
quantity.