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Environment Protection (Beverage Containers and Plastic Bags) Act 2011
58Manufacturers and distributors must not represent prohibited
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58 Manufacturers and distributors must not represent prohibited
plastic bags are not prohibited plastic bags
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) is a manufacturer or distributor of plastic bags; and
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(b) sells, supplies or otherwise provides prohibited plastic bags to
another person; and
(c) before, or in the course of, selling, supplying or providing the
bags, represents to the other person that the bags are not
prohibited plastic bags.
(a) intentionally sells, supplies or provides the bags; and
(b) intentionally represents the bags are not prohibited plastic
bags; and
(c) is reckless as to whether the bags are prohibited plastic bags.