Australian Capital Territory
Plastic Shopping Bags Ban Regulation 2011
Subordinate Law SL2011-18

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Plastic Shopping Bags Ban Act 2010.
Dated 20 June 2011.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Joy Burch
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Plastic Shopping Bags Ban Regulation 2011
Subordinate Law SL2011-18
made under the
Plastic Shopping Bags Ban Act 2010

    
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Dictionary	1
	4	Notes	1
	5	Biodegradable bag—Act, dict, def biodegradable bag	1
Dictionary		2

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Plastic Shopping Bags Ban Regulation 2011.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 July 2011.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1	The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in this regulation.
Note 2	A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
4	Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
Note	See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5	Biodegradable bag—Act, dict, def biodegradable bag
The prescribed requirements are that a plastic bag is made from plastic that is compostable in accordance with AS 4736-2006.

Dictionary
(see s 3)
Note 1	The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.
Note 2	For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
·	AS (see s 164 (1))
·	Australian Standard (see s 164 (1)).
AS 4736-2006  means Australian Standard AS 4736-2006 (Biodegradable plastics—Biodegradable plastics suitable for composting and other microbial treatment), as in force from time to time.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 23 June 2011.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2011