24GRetailer must keep shopping trolleys within shopping

24G Retailer must keep shopping trolleys within shopping centre precinct (1) A retailer commits an offence if the retailer fails to keep a shopping trolley identified as belonging to the retailer under section 24F (1) within the retailer’s shopping centre precinct. Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units.

Part 4A Shopping trolleys Section 24G page 42 Litter Act 2004 Effective: 26/12/25 R15 26/12/25 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (2) This section does not apply if the shopping trolley is— (a) in premises owned or leased by the retailer or a person authorised by the retailer to keep the trolley; or (b) in the possession of the retailer or a person authorised by the retailer to be in possession of the trolley; or (c) in a shopping centre precinct other than the retailer’s shopping centre precinct. (3) This section does not apply if— (a) the retailer operates and maintains a trolley containment system at the retailer’s premises where the shopping trolley came from and the containment system applied to the trolley; or (b) the retailer took all reasonable measures to ensure that the trolley was kept within the retailer’s shopping centre precinct; or (c) the number of trolleys provided by the retailer at the retailer’s premises where the trolley came from is less than the number prescribed by regulation. Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) and (3) (see Criminal Code, s 58). (4) In this section: trolley containment system means a system approved by the director-general that is designed to reduce the number of a retailer’s shopping trolleys taken out of the retailer’s shopping centre precinct. Example—trolley containment system a system which requires the deposit of money by customers to use a shopping trolley which is refundable on the return of the trolley

Shopping trolleys Part 4A Section 24H R15 26/12/25 Litter Act 2004 Effective: 26/12/25 page 43 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au