1TENNANT CREEK (GARBAGE) BY-LAWS 1989

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA TENNANT CREEK (GARBAGE) BY-LAWS 1989 As in force at 1 July 2008 Table of provisions Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1 2 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1 3 Clerk to keep register ...................................................................... 1 Part II Garbage services 4 Occupier to provide garbage receptacle .......................................... 2 5 Interference with garbage receptacles............................................. 3 6 Garbage receptacles to be returned ................................................ 3 Part III Garbage dumps 7 Council may establish garbage dumps ............................................ 3 8 Garbage not to be dumped without a licence .................................. 4 9 Offences with respect to garbage dumps ........................................ 4 Part IV Removal and destruction of animals 10 Animals at large ............................................................................... 5 11 Dead animals on premises .............................................................. 5 Part V Miscellaneous 12 Offences and penalties .................................................................... 6 13 Recovery of expenses ..................................................................... 6 ENDNOTES

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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As in force at 1 July 2008

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TENNANT CREEK (GARBAGE) BY-LAWS 1989 By-laws under the Local Government Act 2008 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title These By-laws may be cited as the Tennant Creek (Garbage) By-laws 1989. 2 Definitions In these By-laws, unless the contrary intention appears: animal includes cattle, buffaloes, horses, donkeys, asses, mules, sheep, goats, pigs, camels, dogs, cats, birds, poultry, fish and reptiles. garbage includes refuse, rubbish and waste matter. premises includes a dwelling-house, flat, home, unit, duplex, caravan, camp, tent, hostel, boarding-house, office, shop, factory, depot, workshop, mill slaughter house, warehouse, hotel, restaurant, eating-house and any land, building or establishment, whether the same is used for business, trade or residential purposes and, where a building is let or occupied in more than one separate unit, each separate unit, where it is let to or occupied by a separate person, shall be separate premises. 3 Clerk to keep register The clerk shall cause a register to be kept of licences granted under by-law 8(3).

Part II Garbage services Tennant Creek (Garbage) By-laws 1989 2 Part II Garbage services 4 Occupier to provide garbage receptacle (1) An occupier of premises shall: (a) keep on the premises one garbage receptacle of a type that the council has, subject to clause (3), approved by resolution; (b) maintain the garbage receptacle in good order and condition and not cause or permit the garbage receptacle to attract or harbour insects or vermin, to become unsightly or cause an offensive odour or otherwise to become or cause a danger to public health or to interfere with or affect the comfort of persons occupying, using or passing through or along neighbouring premises or public places; (c) ensure that the lid of the garbage receptacle is at all times kept closely fitted, except where the garbage lid is removed for the purpose of placing garbage into, or taking it out of, the receptacle; (d) subject to clause (2), ensure that garbage produced on the premises is deposited in the garbage receptacle; (e) cause all wet garbage to be effectively wrapped before it is placed in the garbage receptacle; (f) indelibly mark or paint on the lid and on the body of the garbage receptacle the street number and name of the premises, or the lot number of the land; (g) on the day or days and at the time notified by the Council in a newspaper circulating in the municipality, cause the garbage receptacle on the premises to be placed on the footpath outside the premises in such a position as to enable the garbage collector access to it, and shall replace, or cause it to be replaced, on the premises as soon as possible after the contents have been removed; and (h) cause the garbage receptacle to be thoroughly cleansed with antiseptic not less than once in each 4 week period. (2) Clause (1)(d) does not prevent the lawful destruction by fire of garbage capable of being so destroyed. (3) The council must not approve a type of garbage receptacle for the purposes of clause (1)(a) unless the receptacle: (a) has a capacity of not more that 240 litres;