Page 4163 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 22 October 2019
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Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 3.
MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction, Minister for Roads and Active Travel and Minister for Transport) (4.45): I move amendment No 1 on the white paper circulated in my name [see schedule 5 at page 4174]. This is a minor amendment that removes Litter Regulation 2018 from the list of legislation amended by this bill. Litter Regulation 2018 is repealed by later amendments.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 3, as amended, agreed to.
Proposed new clause 3A.
MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction, Minister for Roads and Active Travel and Minister for Transport) (4.46): I move amendment No 2 on the white paper circulated in my name [see schedule 5 at page 4174]. This amendment is technical in nature and inserts new clause 3A for legislation that is repealed by this bill, which includes Litter Regulation 2018.
Amendment agreed to.
Proposed new clause 3A agreed to.
Clauses 4 to 8, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 9.
MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction, Minister for Roads and Active Travel and Minister for Transport) (4.47): I move amendment No 3 on the white paper circulated in my name [see schedule 5 at page 4174]. This amendment sets out the items which, when littered at a public place, would cause the offence of aggravated littering. The bill previously listed these in Litter Regulation 2018. The amendment also removes the power to add additional items to the list by regulation. This amendment was made in response to the scrutiny committee comments.
This amendment also inserts new safeguards around the offence of aggravated littering to provide greater protection for people who do the right thing. The introduction of these safeguards will also make this offence consistent with other littering offences in the bill. These safeguards will protect a person from a criminal penalty where the depositing of litter is accidental and a person takes reasonable steps to retrieve the litter, even if they do not retrieve it. There are also safeguards in the situation where a person deposits these dangerous items in a responsible way that does
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