§ 23I — Submission of prescribed information

23I.—(1) A person who is or was a registered retailer must submit to the Agency, in relation to any reportable year, a report containing the following information:(a)

the number of disposable carrier bags provided to customers in the reportable year in respect of which the person is required under section 23F(1) to impose and collect a charge as a registered retailer;

(b)

any other prescribed information relevant to monitoring the person’s compliance with this Part.

(2) A requirement to submit the report under subsection (1) is a requirement to do so in accordance with any requirements prescribed under section 52 for the report, including its preparation and submission.

(3) The Agency may, in respect of any incomplete or inaccurate report submitted by a person, in writing direct the person to do the following within the time period specified in the direction (or any longer time that the Agency may allow in any particular case):(a)

rectify or re‑compute any matter in the report as the Agency may require;

(b)

resubmit the report to the Agency,

and the person must comply with the direction.

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or fails to comply with a direction under subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —(a)

on the first conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(b)

on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after that second or subsequent conviction.

(5) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (4), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant intended to commit the offence.

(6) The offence under subsection (4) is a strict liability offence.[Act 14 of 2023 wef 26/05/2023]

—(1) A person who is or was a registered retailer must submit to the Agency, in relation to any reportable year, a report containing the following information:(a)

the number of disposable carrier bags provided to customers in the reportable year in respect of which the person is required under section 23F(1) to impose and collect a charge as a registered retailer;

(b)

any other prescribed information relevant to monitoring the person’s compliance with this Part.

(2) A requirement to submit the report under subsection (1) is a requirement to do so in accordance with any requirements prescribed under section 52 for the report, including its preparation and submission.

(3) The Agency may, in respect of any incomplete or inaccurate report submitted by a person, in writing direct the person to do the following within the time period specified in the direction (or any longer time that the Agency may allow in any particular case):(a)

rectify or re‑compute any matter in the report as the Agency may require;

(b)

resubmit the report to the Agency,

and the person must comply with the direction.

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or fails to comply with a direction under subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —(a)

on the first conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(b)

on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after that second or subsequent conviction.

(5) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (4), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant intended to commit the offence.

(6) The offence under subsection (4) is a strict liability offence.[Act 14 of 2023 wef 26/05/2023]