Shire of Morawa Amenity Local Law 2018
4518GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 November 2018
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4518 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 November 2018 (c) light a fire in a waste facility; (d) remove, damage or otherwise interfere with any flora in a waste facility; (e) remove, injure or otherwise interfere with any fauna in a waste facility; or (f) damage, deface or destroy any building, equipment, plant or property within a waste facility. (2) A person must not act in an abusive or threatening manner towards any person using, or engaged in the management or operation of, a waste facility. PART 5—OBJECTIONS AND APPEALS 5.1 Objection and appeal rights Division 1 of Part 9 of the Local Government Act 1995 applies to a decision under this local law to grant, vary or cancel— (a) an approval under clause 2.7(b); (b) an exemption under clause 2.8(2); (c) an authorisation under clause 2.9(b); (d) an approval under clause 2.10(1); (e) an authorisation under clause 3.2(1)(c); (f) an approval under clause 3.2(2); and (g) an approval under clause 3.3. PART 6—ENFORCEMENT 6.1 Offences and general penalty (1) A person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who does anything which under this local law a person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence. (2) A person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to a further penalty not exceeding $500 in respect of each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued. 6.2 Other costs and expenses (1) A person who is convicted of an offence under this local law is to be liable, in addition to any penalty imposed under clause 6.1, to pay to the local government the costs and expenses incurred by the local government in taking remedial action such as— (a) removing and lawfully disposing of toxic, hazardous or poisonous waste; or (b) making good any damage caused to a waste facility. (2) The costs and expenses incurred by the local government are to be recoverable, as a debt due to the local government, in a court of competent civil jurisdiction. 6.3 Prescribed offences (1) An offence against a clause specified in Schedule 2 is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section 9.16(1) of the LG Act. (2) The amount of the modified penalty for a prescribed offence is that specified adjacent to the clause in Schedule 2. 6.4 Form of notices (1) Where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to in section 9.13 of the LG Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the LG Regulations. (2) The form of the infringement notice given under section 9.16 of the LG Act is that of Form 2 in Schedule 1 of the LG Regulations. (3) The form of the infringement withdrawal notice given under section 9.20 of the LG Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of the LG Regulations. ———— SCHEDULE 1—MEANING OF ‘NON-COLLECTABLE WASTE’ (Clause 1.5(1)) non-collectable waste means— (a) hot or burning material; (b) household hazardous waste, including paint, acids, alkalis, fire extinguishers, solvents, pesticides, oils, gas cylinders, batteries, chemicals and heavy metals; (c) any other hazardous material, such as radioactive waste; (d) any explosive material, such as flares or ammunition; (e) electrical and electronic equipment; (f) hospital, medical, veterinary, laboratory or pathological substances; (g) construction or demolition waste; (h) sewage;