Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACT 2023 - SECT 21

    (1)     The Minister may declare that a person must not supply a stated prohibitable product to another person at a stated public event.

    (2)     For a public event that is not a government event, the Minister may only make a declaration if—

        (a)     the declaration is made not less than 3 months before the day the event starts; and

        (b)     after consulting the person conducting the public event, the Minister is satisfied that—

              (i)     there is a reasonably available and affordable alternative product; and

              (ii)     the declaration will not have an unreasonable impact on the event.

    (3)     A declaration is a disallowable instrument.

    (4)     In this section:

"government event" means an event conducted by the Territory or a territory entity.

"prohibitable product" means a product that may be, but is not, prescribed as a prohibited product for—

        (a)     section 12 (1), definition of "prohibited product", paragraph (a) (ii); or

        (b)     section 13 (1), definition of prohibited plastic product , paragraph (a) (i) or (ii).