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Litter Act 1979 No 41 (as at 30 September 2008), Public Act

Reprint as at 30 September 2008

Litter Act 1979

Public Act1979 No 41
Date of assent2 November 1979
Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

This Act is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs

Contents

Title

1 Short Title

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

4 Responsibility for promotion of litter control

Litter Control Officers

5 Litter Control Officers

6 Other Litter Control Officers

7 Powers and duties of Officers

8 Litter Wardens

Powers and duties of public authorities and others

9 Receptacles to be provided in public places

10 Territorial authority may require occupier of private land to clear litter

11 Local or public authority may make grants, etc, for the abatement or prevention of litter

12 Public authorities may make bylaws

Infringement notices

13 Territorial authorities may adopt infringement notice provisions

14 Infringement notices

14A Entitlement to infringement fees

Offences and penalties

15 Deposit of litter in public place or on private land

16 Wilful breaking of bottles or glass

17 Offences in respect of Officers

18 Liability of officers of body corporate

19 Offences punishable on summary conviction

19A Strict liability for certain offences

19B Defences to strict liability offences

Special powers of Convicting Court

20 Offender may be ordered to clear area

21 Cost of removing litter

Miscellaneous provisions

22 Repeals, revocations, and amendment

Schedule
Form of infringement notice

[Repealed]

Reprint notes

An Act to make better provision for the abatement and control of litter

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

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