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SUCH OFFENCES AND BRING THE A.C.T. PENALTIES INTO LINE WITH EQUIVALENT PENALTIES INTERSTATE. THESE PENALTIES WILL BE SPECIFIED IN REGULATIONS.
AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS BILL ISTHE EXTENSION OF . THE ON-THE-SPOT FINE REGIME FOR LITTERING OFFENCES WHICH WILL REDUCE THE BURDEN ON THE COURTS.
A SUMMONS MAY STILL BE ISSUED, HOWEVER, 1N INSTANCES. WHERE IT ISMORE APPROPRIATE TO SEEK A COURT RULING ON ISSUES SUCH AS THE COST OF CLEAN UP.
YOU ARE NO- DOUBT AWARE, MADAM SPEAKER, THAT TIP CHARGES WERE RECENTLY INTRODUCED FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USERS. ASIDE=EFFfCT.TO THIS POLICY HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF ILLEGAL DUMPING OF WASTE MATERIAL SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF CHARGING: WHILE THE COST OF A LITTER FINE IS LESS THAN THE COST OF DISPOSAL AT LANDFILL,. ILLEGAL DUMPING CAN -BE EXPECTED . TO CONTINUE. THE AMENDMENTS AND PENALTIES PROPOSED ARE EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR DETERRENT TO THIS IRRESPONSIBLE PRACTICE.
t WOULD. NOW LIKE TO TURN TO THE PROVISION N -IN THE
LEGISLATION TO ENFORCE THAT LOADS OF WASTE MATERIAL
BE SECURELY COVERED.
PERHAPS THE .GREATEST SOURCE OF LITTER ON OUR ROAD
VERGES IS THE RESULT OF LOADSOF WASTE MATERIAL WHICH
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