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Resource Sustainability Act 2019 s 21

s 21 Submission of 3R plan

21.—(1) A producer required by section 20 to submit a report under that section must also submit to the Agency a plan to reduce, re‑use or recycle packaging in Singapore (whether or not the packaging is imported or used by the producer). (2) Without affecting section 52, a plan to reduce, re‑use or recycle packaging under subsection (1) must include information on the implementation of any part of the plan. (3) A producer who contravenes subsection (1) 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. (4) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (3), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant intended to commit the offence. (5) The offence under subsection (3) is a strict liability offence.

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