Litter Act 1979

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Litter Act 1979.
2: Interpretation
1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— depositing
a: casting, placing, throwing, or dropping litter; and
b: allowing litter to be cast, thrown, dropped, or infringement offence section 15(1) litter Litter Control Officer Officer section 5 section 6 Litter Warden Warden section 8 occupier private land public authority
a: a territorial authority, the New Zealand Transport Agency section 2 section 2
b: in relation to any cemetery, any persons for the time being holding office as trustees of that cemetery under the Burial and Cremation Act 1964
c: all other bodies or classes of bodies which by any Act, or by the Governor-General by Order in Council ( see public place
a: every motorway, road, street, private street, footpath, access way, service lane, court, mall, and thoroughfare:
b: any public reserve within the meaning of section 2
c: any park, garden, or other place of public recreation to which the public has access, whether with or without payment of any fee:
d: any beach or foreshore, or the bank of any river or stream, or the margin of any lake, to which the public traditionally has access, whether with or without payment of any fee:
e: any waters to which the public traditionally has access, whether with or without payment of any fee, for bathing or other recreational purposes:
f: every wharf, pier, or jetty (whether under the control of a harbour board or not) to which the public has access:
g: any conservation area within the meaning of the Conservation Act 1987
h: any airport within the meaning of section 2
i: any cemetery within the meaning of section 2
j: any land vested in or controlled by any local authority (within the meaning of section 5(1)
k: any national park constituted under the National Parks Act 1980
l: any other place whether public or private in the open air, including any walkway within the meaning of section 4 but does not include any site for the disposal of litter, or any receptacle installed in any such public place pursuant to this Act or any other Act territorial authority Local Government Act 2002 traffic officer Land Transport Act 1998
2: An order under paragraph (c) of the definition of public authority in subsection (1) is secondary legislation ( see Part 3 1968 No 134 s 2 The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication PCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the Gazette LA19 s 69(1)﻿(c) Presentation The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)﻿(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 2(1) depositing amended 28 June 2006 section 4 Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 2(1) Litter Control Council repealed 17 December 1985 Litter Amendment Act 1985 Section 2(1) public authority amended 1 November 2010 section 113(1) Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 Section 2(1) public authority amended 1 August 2008 section 50(1) Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 Section 2(1) public authority amended 1 April 1981 section 80(1) National Parks Act 1980 Section 2(1) public authority amended 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021 Section 2(1) public place substituted 1 April 1987 section 65(1) Conservation Act 1987 Section 2(1) public place amended 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002 Section 2(1) public place paragraph (k) amended 1 April 1981 section 80(1) National Parks Act 1980 Section 2(1) public place amended 30 September 2008 section 82 Walking Access Act 2008 Section 2(1) territorial authority substituted 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002 Section 2(1) traffic officer substituted 1 March 1999 section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 Section 2(2) replaced 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021
3: Act to bind the Crown
This Act shall bind the Crown.
4: Responsibility for promotion of litter control
Keep New Zealand Beautiful Incorporated shall be the body primarily responsible for the promotion of litter control in New Zealand. Section 4 substituted 17 December 1985 Litter Amendment Act 1985 Litter Control Officers
5: Litter Control Officers
1: Every public authority may from time to time, either alone or jointly with another public authority or other public authorities, appoint any suitable person or persons (whether already employed by an authority or not) to be a Litter Control Officer to exercise the powers and duties conferred on the Officer by this Act—
a: within the district or districts of the public authority or public authorities which appointed him and within any other area or place under the control of that authority or those authorities; or
b: if the appointing authority or authorities think fit, within such part or parts of their district or districts or other areas or places under their control as they may specify in his warrant of appointment supplied under subsection (3).
2: Every such appointment shall be on such terms concerning remuneration and other conditions of employment as the appointing authority or authorities may determine.
3: The authority shall supply to every Officer appointed by it a written warrant evidencing the appointment, and the production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof of the appointment.
4: Every Officer shall, on the termination of his appointment, whether by removal from office or by resignation, surrender to the authority employing him his warrant of appointment 1968 No 134 s 4 1970 No 80 s 2 Section 5(3) substituted 19 March 1990 section 2(1) Litter Amendment Act 1990 Section 5(4) amended 19 March 1990 section 2(2) Litter Amendment Act 1990
6: Other Litter Control Officers
1: The following persons shall by virtue of their office be deemed to have been appointed as Litter Control Officers:
a: every constable
b: every traffic officer while he is acting in the exercise of his powers or the discharge of his duties in any place where he is authorised to exercise his jurisdiction as a traffic officer:
c: every warranted officer within the meaning of the Conservation Act 1987
d: every officer within the meaning of section 93(5)
e: every harbourmaster appointed under Part 3A Lake Taupo Regulations 1976
f: every enforcement officer and honorary enforcement officer within the meaning of the Walking Access Act 2008
g: any officer appointed pursuant to section 196 section 197 section 38
h: every ranger appointed under section 40
i: every warranted officer and honorary warranted officer who is warranted for the purposes of the Te Urewera Act 2014
2: The production by any person of a warrant of appointment or other evidence that he holds an office mentioned in subsection (1) shall be sufficient evidence that he is an Officer for the purposes of this Act.
3: The Governor-General may, from time to time by Order in Council, appoint other persons, whether in groups or classes, to be Litter Control Officers; and may in like manner revoke or vary any appointment so made.
4: An order under this section is secondary legislation ( see Part 3 1968 No 134 s 5 1975 No 31 s 49 The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication PCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the Gazette LA19 s 69(1)﻿(c) Presentation The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives, unless it relates exclusively to an individual (in which case a transitional exemption applies under Schedule 1 LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)﻿(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 6(1)﻿(a) amended 1 October 2008 section 116(a)﻿(ii) Policing Act 2008 Section 6(1)﻿(c) substituted 1 April 1987 section 65(1) Conservation Act 1987 Section 6(1)﻿(e) amended 23 October 2013 section 90 Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 Section 6(1)﻿(f) substituted 30 September 2008 section 82 Walking Access Act 2008 Section 6(1)﻿(g) amended 1 October 2001 section 314(1)﻿(v) Fisheries Act 1996 Section 6(1)﻿(h) substituted 1 April 1981 section 80(1) National Parks Act 1980 Section 6(1)﻿(i) inserted 28 July 2014 section 138 Te Urewera Act 2014 Section 6(4) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021
7: Powers and duties of Officers
1: Every Officer appointed by a public authority who is for the time being in possession of his or her warrant of appointment, and every other Officer who is in possession of a warrant or other evidence of that Officer's authority to act as such, is authorised to enforce the provisions of this Act and may, without further authority than this section, summarily intervene to prevent any of the following:
a: the deposit or attempted deposit of litter in any public place in which the Officer is authorised to act:
b: the deposit or attempted deposit of litter from any such public place onto private land, if the Officer has good reason to believe the deposit or attempted deposit has been or is being made without the consent of the occupier of that private land:
c: the wilful damage or attempted wilful damage of any litter receptacle in any such public place.
2: Where any such Officer finds a person depositing litter (whether inadvertently or otherwise) in a public place in which he is authorised to act or from any such public place onto private land without the consent of the occupier of that private land, or has good cause to believe that a person has deposited litter (whether inadvertently or otherwise) in or onto any such place or land, the Officer may require that person to remove the litter from that place or land and to dispose of it in such a manner as the Officer may direct or as will not contravene the provisions of this Act.
3: Where any such Officer has reasonable cause to believe litter has been deposited from any motor vehicle or trailer he may require the user or owner of the motor vehicle or trailer, on that motor vehicle or trailer being stationary, to give his name and place of residence and also the name and place of residence of any other person or persons whom the Officer has reason to believe deposited litter from that motor vehicle or trailer, and the user or owner of the motor vehicle or trailer shall on such demand give the information requested.
4: An Officer may, if permitted or requested to do so by the occupier of any private land, enter that land if so required for the discharge of his duty.
5: If any such Officer—
a: finds a person committing an offence against—
i: section 15 section 16
ii: section 11
b: has good cause to believe that a person has committed such an offence,— the Officer may require that person to state his or her name and address. 1968 No 134 ss 6, 7 Section 7(1) substituted 19 March 1990 section 4(1) Litter Amendment Act 1990 Section 7(5) substituted 19 March 1990 section 4(2) Litter Amendment Act 1990
8: Litter Wardens
1: Every public authority may from time to time, either alone or jointly with another public authority or public authorities, appoint in the same manner as is provided under section 5
2: Every Warden may exercise all the duties of an Officer, except such as may be specified in his warrant of appointment, in such public places under the control or within the district or districts of the authority or authorities which appointed him as may be so specified.
3: A Warden shall have all the powers and authorities of an Officer in carrying out his duties, but shall have no authority to act as an Officer for the purposes of section 10 section 14
4: The Governor-General may, from time to time by Order in Council, appoint any persons, whether in groups or classes, to be Wardens; and may in like manner revoke or vary any appointment so made.
5: An order under this section is secondary legislation ( see Part 3 The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication PCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the Gazette LA19 s 69(1)﻿(c) Presentation The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives, unless it relates exclusively to an individual (in which case a transitional exemption applies under Schedule 1 LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)﻿(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 8(5) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021 Powers and duties of public authorities and others
9: Receptacles to be provided in public places
1: Every person, public authority, and department of State shall at all times provide and maintain in every public place under his or its control or management where litter is likely to be deposited, such number of litter receptacles of suitable construction and design for the temporary deposit of litter as may reasonably be necessary to keep the place free from litter.
2: Where litter generated on or attributable to any particular land or premises is likely to be carried or to otherwise escape from that land or those premises onto a public place, the public authority in control of the public place or within whose district it is situated may require the occupier of the land or premises to take all reasonable steps to prevent such litter being carried or escaping onto the public place.
3: Where it can be shown that excessive litter is attributable to or emanates from any particular land or premises, the public authority in whose district or jurisdiction that land or premises is situated may require the occupier of the land or premises to provide and maintain such number of litter receptacles of suitable construction or design in any public place adjacent to or within the vicinity of the land or premises for the temporary deposit of litter as may reasonably be necessary to ensure that the public place may be kept free of that litter.
4: Where any occupier fails to comply with any proper request of a public authority to take reasonable steps to prevent litter being carried or escaping under subsection (2) or to provide suitable litter receptacles in accordance with subsection (3), the authority itself may take those steps or provide and install those receptacles, and may recover the cost of so doing from the occupier as a debt due to the public authority.
5: Every public authority shall also make appropriate provision for the emptying of the contents of litter receptacles situated within public places under its control or in its district and for the removal and disposal of those contents. The work shall be executed promptly, efficiently, and at regular and prescribed intervals to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health appointed for the health district in which the public place is situated.
6: 1968 No 134 s 8 Section 9(6) repealed 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002
10: Territorial authority may require occupier of private land to clear litter
1: Any territorial authority may serve or cause a Litter Control Officer appointed by it to serve, on its behalf, on the occupier of any private land or any land vested in or controlled by the Crown or any local authority (within the meaning of section 5(1)
a: to clear away, or remove, from the land; or
b: to clean up; or
c: to screen, cover, or otherwise obscure from view— such litter as may be specified in the notice within 14 days or such further time
2: If, upon the representations of an occupier served with a notice under subsection (1), an Officer is satisfied that steps have been taken to comply with the requirements of the notice but the occupier has been prevented by reasonable cause from completing the necessary work within the time specified, the Officer may extend the time specified for such further period as he thinks fit.
3: Every person receiving a notice under subsection (1) may object to the requirements of the notice within 14 days
4: Every objection shall be made in writing to the territorial authority by which or on behalf of which the notice was issued. The territorial authority shall appoint a time and place for hearing the objection, and shall give reasonable notice of that time and place to the objector who shall be entitled to be present and, if present at that time and place, to be heard.
5: The territorial authority may, after hearing an objection, confirm, cancel, or vary the requirements of the notice, and shall, within 14 days after the hearing, give to the objector written notice of its decision.
6: Subject to this section, every territorial authority, in hearing any objection under this section, may regulate its own procedure.
7: Every objector dissatisfied with the decision of a territorial authority under this section may, within 14 days after receiving any notice under subsection (5), appeal against the decision to the District Court
8: The court, on the hearing of the appeal, may confirm or reverse the decision appealed against or make such other order as the case requires, or may refer the matter back, together with its reasons for doing so, to the territorial authority for reconsideration.
9: To the extent that any requirements of a notice under subsection (1) is the subject of an objection or appeal under this section, the notice shall be suspended until the objection or appeal is determined.
10: Every occupier commits an offence who, having been served with a notice under this section,—
a: fails
b: fails District Court Judge District Court Judge
11: Every person who commits an offence against subsection (10) is liable on conviction
a: in the case of a natural person, to a fine not exceeding $500
b: in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 Section 10(1) amended 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002 Section 10(1) amended 19 March 1990 section 5(1) Litter Amendment Act 1990 Section 10(3) amended 19 March 1990 section 5(2) Litter Amendment Act 1990 Section 10(7) amended 1 March 2017 section 261 District Court Act 2016 Section 10(10)﻿(a) amended 28 June 2006 section 5(1) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 10(10)﻿(b) amended 28 June 2006 section 5(1) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 10(10)﻿(b) amended 1 April 1980 section 18(2) District Courts Amendment Act 1979 Section 10(11) substituted 19 March 1990 section 5(3) Litter Amendment Act 1990 Section 10(11) amended 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011 Section 10(11)﻿(a) amended 28 June 2006 section 5(2)﻿(a) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 10(11)﻿(a) amended 28 June 2006 section 5(2)﻿(b) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 10(11)﻿(b) amended 28 June 2006 section 5(2)﻿(c) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 10(11)﻿(b) amended 28 June 2006 section 5(2)﻿(d) Litter Amendment Act 2006
11: Local or public authority may make grants, etc, for the abatement or prevention of litter
Any local authority within the meaning of section 5(1)
a: make grants of such amounts as it thinks fit to any organisation (not established for the purpose of making a profit):
b: spend such sums of money as it thinks fit on any scheme or campaign for the abatement or prevention of litter. 1968 No 134 s 9 Section 11 amended 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002
12: Public authorities may make bylaws
1: Every public authority, whether alone or acting jointly for the purposes of this Act with another public authority or public authorities, may from time to time make such bylaws as it thinks fit to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
2: Section 161A Section 12(2) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021 Infringement notices
13: Territorial authorities may adopt infringement notice provisions
1: This section and section 14
2: Any territorial authority which has appointed any Officer (other than a Warden) pursuant to this Act whether alone or jointly with another public authority or other public authorities or which has appointed any traffic officers may, by resolution section 14
2A: A territorial authority may not pass a resolution under subsection (1) unless it has given at least 14 days' public notice of its intention to do so.
3: Every resolution section 14 infringement fee
4: No infringement fee shall exceed $400
5: Where any person is alleged to have committed an infringement offence, that person may either—
a: be proceeded against by filing a charging document under section 14
b: be served with an infringement notice as provided in section 14
6: No infringement notice shall be issued by a Warden nor by any person deemed to be an Officer under section 6(1)﻿(c), (d), (f), (h), or (j) Section 13(2) amended 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002 Section 13(2A) inserted 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002 Section 13(3) amended 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002 Section 13(4) amended 28 June 2006 section 6 Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 13(5)﻿(a) replaced 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011
14: Infringement notices
1: Where a Litter Control Officer observes a person committing an infringement offence or has reasonable cause to believe such an offence is being or has just been committed by that person, an infringement notice in respect of that offence may be issued to that person by that Officer.
2: An infringement notice may be served—
a: by delivering it personally to the person who appears to have committed the infringement offence; or
b: by sending it by post
3: An
4: Every infringement notice shall be in such form as the Governor-General may from time to time by Order in Council
a: such details of the alleged infringement offence as are sufficient fairly to inform a person of the time, place, and nature of the alleged offence; and
b: the amount of the infringement fee for the offence; and
c: the address at which the infringement fee may be paid; and
d: the time within which the infringement fee may be paid; and
e: a summary of the provisions of section 21(10)
f: a statement of the right of the person served with the notice to request a hearing; and
g: a statement of the consequences if the person served with the notice does not pay the infringement fee and does not make a request for a hearing; and
h: such other particulars as are prescribed.
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8: A territorial authority shall keep a record of every infringement notice issued pursuant to this section and of every payment made in respect of that notice for a period of at least 12 months from the date of issue or, as the case may be, of payment.
9: For the purposes of this section, a territorial authority may delegate its powers and functions under this section to a committee of the territorial authority or to its chief executive
10: An order under subsection (4) is secondary legislation ( see Part 3 The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication PCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the Gazette LA19 s 69(1)﻿(c) Presentation The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)﻿(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 14(2)﻿(b) amended 1 November 1987 section 17 Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1987 Section 14(3) substituted 1 November 1987 section 17 Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1987 Section 14(3) amended 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011 Section 14(4) substituted 1 November 1987 section 17 Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1987 Section 14(5) repealed 1 November 1987 section 17 Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1987 Section 14(6) repealed 1 November 1987 section 17 Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1987 Section 14(7) repealed 1 November 1987 section 17 Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1987 Section 14(9) amended 1 July 2003 section 262 Local Government Act 2002 Section 14(10) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021
14A: Entitlement to infringement fees
A territorial authority may retain the infringement fee received by it for an infringement offence if the infringement notice was issued by a Litter Control Officer appointed by the territorial authority. Section 14A inserted 28 June 2006 section 7 Litter Amendment Act 2006 Offences and penalties
15: Deposit of litter in public place or on private land
1: Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction
a: in or on a public place; or
b: in or on private land without the consent of its occupier.
1A: Subsection (1) is subject to subsection (2).
2: Where any person commits an offence against subsection (1), and the litter deposited is of such a nature as is likely to endanger any person or to cause physical injury or disease or infection to any person coming into contact with it (being in particular any bottle whether broken or not, glass, article containing glass, sharp or jagged material, or any substance of a toxic or poisonous nature) that person is liable on conviction
a: in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month, or to a fine not exceeding $7,500
b: in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $30,000 1968 No 134 s 10 Section 15(1) substituted 28 June 2006 section 8(1) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 15(1) amended 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011 Section 15(1A) inserted 28 June 2006 section 8(1) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 15(2) amended 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011 Section 15(2)﻿(a) amended 28 June 2006 section 8(2)﻿(a) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 15(2)﻿(b) amended 28 June 2006 section 8(2)﻿(b) Litter Amendment Act 2006
16: Wilful breaking of bottles or glass
Every person commits an offence, and is liable on conviction $7,500 1968 No 134 s 11 Section 16 amended 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011 Section 16 amended 28 June 2006 section 9 Litter Amendment Act 2006
17: Offences in respect of Officers
1: Every person commits an offence, and is liable on conviction $1,500
a: wilfully obstructs a Litter Control Officer while acting in the execution of any of the powers or duties conferred on him by this Act:
b: section 6 section 7
c: after being required to disclose his true name and place of residence by a Litter Control Officer acting pursuant to the power conferred on him by section 6 section 7
i: refuses to disclose his true name or place of residence; or
ii: gives a false name or place of residence; or
iii: gives such a general description of his place of residence as is illusory for the purpose of discovery:
d: personates or falsely pretends to be a Litter Control Officer.
2: In this section, the term Litter Control Officer 1968 No 134 s 12 Section 17(1) amended 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011 Section 17(1) amended 28 June 2006 section 10(1) Litter Amendment Act 2006 Section 17(1)﻿(b) amended 28 June 2006 section 10(2) Litter Amendment Act 2006
18: Liability of officers of body corporate
If a body corporate commits an offence against section 15 1968 No 134 s 13
19: Offences punishable on summary conviction
Section 19 repealed 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011
19A: Strict liability for certain offences
1: In prosecuting an offence against a provision of this Act (other than an offence against section 16 17(1)﻿(a)
2: This section is for the avoidance of doubt. Section 19A inserted 28 June 2006 section 11 Litter Amendment Act 2006
19B: Defences to strict liability offences
1: It is a defence in any prosecution referred to in section 19A
a: that the act or omission of the defendant was due to an event—
i: beyond the defendant's control (including natural disaster, mechanical failure, and sabotage); and
ii: that could not reasonably have been foreseen or provided against by the defendant; or
b: that—
i: the act or omission of the defendant was taken or occurred in an emergency and was reasonably necessary for—
A: protecting the safety and welfare of a person; or
B: preventing serious damage to property; and
ii: after the emergency, the defendant took all reasonable steps to remove the litter or, as the case may be, comply with any notice or requirement in relation to the litter.
2: The defences set out in this section are the only defences available to a defendant. Section 19B inserted 28 June 2006 section 11 Litter Amendment Act 2006 Special powers of convicting court
20: Offender may be ordered to clear area
1: Without limiting the powers conferred on Litter Control Officers by this Act, where any person is convicted of an offence against section 10 section 15 section 16
2: Where the order is complied with to the satisfaction of the person nominated by the court that person shall give or send to the offender a statement in writing to that effect.
3: Where an offender fails to comply with any such order, any District Court Judge
4: On the hearing of the summons to show cause, the court may make such order as it thinks fit. 1968 No 134 s 15 Section 20(3) amended 1 April 1980 section 18(2) District Courts Amendment Act 1979
21: Cost of removing litter
Where a court convicts a person of an offence against section 15 section 16 1968 No 134 s 16 Miscellaneous provisions
22: Repeals, revocations, and amendment
1: The following enactments are hereby repealed:
a: the Litter Act 1968
b: the Litter Amendment Act 1970
c: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: The Litter Order 1969 Litter Order 1973
3: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)