Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACT 2023 - SECT 15

In this part:

"supply", a prohibited product to a person—

        (a)     means sell or otherwise provide a prohibited product to the person; and

        (b)     includes the following:

              (i)     offer to provide the product to the person;

              (ii)     receive or possess the product for the purpose of providing it to the person;

              (iii)     display the product for the purpose of providing it to the person;

              (iv)     cause or permit the product to be provided to the person; and

        (c)     for a plastic product—

              (i)     includes providing the plastic product to the person—

    (A)     as a container or packaging for another product provided to the person; or

    (B)     for use with, or in relation to, another product provided to the person; but

              (ii)     does not include providing the plastic product to the person in a domestic setting.

Example—par (c) (i) (A)

giving a customer in a restaurant a plastic takeaway container to put uneaten restaurant food into

Example—par (c) (i) (B)

making plastic beverage stirrers available on the counter at a coffee shop

Example—par (c) (ii)

a parent providing a plastic fork for a school lunch