24FIdentification of ownership of shopping trolleys

24F Identification of ownership of shopping trolleys (1) A retailer must display on each of the retailer’s shopping trolleys the following information: (a) the retailer’s name; (b) the address of the retailer’s premises at which the retailer keeps the trolley; (c) the contact telephone number of— (i) the retailer; or (ii) a person authorised by the retailer to collect the trolley; (d) the telephone number for the shopping trolley hotline; (e) anything else prescribed by regulation.

Shopping trolleys Part 4A Section 24G R15 26/12/25 Litter Act 2004 Effective: 26/12/25 page 41 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (2) The information mentioned in subsection (1)— (a) must be legible and conspicuously displayed on the shopping trolley; and (b) must not be easily removed from the trolley or made illegible. (3) A retailer commits an offence if the retailer fails to comply with this section. Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the information mentioned in subsection (1) is— (a) removed from the shopping trolley by a person other than the retailer; or (b) made illegible by a person other than the retailer. Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58). (5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence. (6) In this section: shopping trolley hotline means a telephone contact service operated by the Territory to receive information about shopping trolleys left in public places.