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The Waste Reduction and Prevention Amendment Act (Strengthening Enforcement)

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The Waste Reduction and Prevention Amendment Act (Strengthening Enforcement)

The Waste Reduction and Prevention Act is amended to improve the administration of the Act and provide enhanced measures to enforce the Act. Responsibility for oversight of the administration and enforcement of the Act is assigned to the director designated by the minister. Enhanced enforcement measures include the following. The powers of environment officers conducting inspections are clarified and expanded. Environment officers may issue a compliance order if they determine that a person is contravening the Act. The order must set out what the person is required to do to comply with the order. Administrative monetary penalties may be imposed if a person fails to follow a compliance order. A person must not knowingly provide false or misleading information to an environment officer or in a report or return required under the Act. The operator of a stewardship program for a designated material may be required to have an independent audit conducted on specified matters. Time limits are imposed on prosecutions under the Act. Specified information respecting the operation of the Act must be posted on a government website.