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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 369

Litter Legislation

Ms Follett - asked the Minister for Finance and Urban Services:

(f) Are there any proposals to update the Litter Act 1977.

(2) If the answer to (1) above is yes (a) what are the details of the proposals and where did they originate; (b) what is the Governments attitude to the proposals; and (c) what timetable is envisaged for any amendments approved by the Government.

Mr Duby - the answer to the members question is as follows:

(1) Yes.

(2) The issue of litter and waste minimisation was

considered by the Standing Committee on Conservation,

Heritage and Environment in their Inquiry into Commercial

and Domestic Waste Management and resulted in

recommendation 41 from the Standing Committee that "the

ACT Government take steps to reduce the amount of

littering through introducing more stringent legislation,

including the requirement that trailers be covered, and

increasing penalties for littering".

In addition, there are changes which have been proposed for some years to better control the use of "junk" mail, a constant source of litter in suburban areas and on which many public complaints have been received.

In the Governments response to the reaearc3atians of the Waste Inquiry delivered in August 1969„ support was indicated for these proposed amendments to the Litter Act 1977

Details of the proposed amendments are being prepared for possible consideration by the Assembly in the Spring session of 1991.

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