4Plastic shopping bags not to be provided, &c.

4 Plastic shopping bags not to be provided, &c.

(1)  A retailer must not provide to a person a plastic shopping bag for the purpose of enabling goods sold, or to be sold, by the retailer, to be carried from the retailer's premises.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(2)  A retailer must not give to a person information, about the composition of a plastic shopping bag, that the retailer knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, is false or misleading.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.