Standing Orders Amendment Local Law 2017
2406GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 May 2017
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2406 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 May 2017 (2) A person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not less than $500 and 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. 5.2 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 5.1, 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. 5.3 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. (3) If this local law expresses a modified penalty as a number of penalty units, the monetary value of the modified penalty is the number of dollars obtained by multiplying the value of the penalty unit by the number of penalty units. 5.4 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 1.6) 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; (i) ‘controlled waste’ for the purposes of the Environmental Protection (Controlled Waste) Regulations 2004; (j) any object that is greater in length, width, or breadth than the corresponding dimension of the receptacle or that will not allow the lid of the receptacle to be tightly closed; (k) waste that is or is likely to become offensive or a nuisance, or give off an offensive or noxious odour, or to attract flies or cause fly breeding unless it is first wrapped in non-absorbent or impervious material or placed in a sealed impervious and leak-proof container; and (l) any other waste determined by the local government under clause 1.6 to be non-collectable waste. ———— SCHEDULE 2—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES (Clause 5.3) Item No. No. Description Penalty Unit 1 2.1(2)(a) Failing to pay fee or charge 10 2 2.1(2)(b) Failing to ensure lawful use of receptacle 10 3 2.2(1) Depositing non-collectable waste in a receptacle 10 4 2.2(2) Depositing waste in another receptacle without consent 10 5 2.3(1) Exceeding weight capacity of a general waste receptacle 10 6 2.3(2) and (3) Depositing unauthorised waste in a general waste receptacle 10