Plastic Shopping Bags Ban Act 2013.
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
This Act, consisting of eight Sections, aims at establishing protecting measures to prevent, so as to minimise environmental pollution, the provision by retailers of certain plastic bags, and for related purposes. It establishes inspections, composition, and environmental standards of such plastic bags in order to comply with the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994, as they are to be read together as if the 2 Acts constituted a single Act.
Attached files
Web site
Topics
Chemicals and Waste
Long title of text
An Act to prevent, so as to minimise environmental pollution, the provision by retailers of certain plastic bags, and for related purposes.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
Sections 4 and 5 enter into force on 1 November 2013. The remaining provisions of this Act enter into force on the day of its publication.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Toolkit legislation
Plastic
Regulatory Approach