Australian Capital Territory
Litter (Trolley Containment Systems) Approval 2012 (No 1)
Notifiable Instrument NI2012—577
made under the
Litter Act 2004, section 24G (Retailer must keep shopping trolleys within shopping centre precinct)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Litter (Trolley Containment Systems) Approval 2012 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 October 2012.
3	Approval of trolley containment systems – Act, s 24G (4)
(1)	I approve the following as trolley containment systems:
(a)	a system that requires the deposit of money by customers to use a shopping trolley, which is refundable on the return of the trolley to a designated bay;
(b)	a system by which a customer is required to purchase a token to use a shopping trolley, and the token is returned to the customer on the return of the trolley to a designated bay;
(c)	cattle grids installed at the entrances and exits to shopping centre car parks, which impede or prevent the removal of trolleys from a shopping centre precinct; or
(d)	a radio signal transmitter installed on a trolley, which transmits the trolley’s location to its owner; but not so as to approve a system of wheel locks on trolleys, which are activated by radio signal or magnetic strip.
(2)	An approved trolley containment system must be maintained in good working order.
4	Revocation of former instrument
This instrument revokes the Litter (Trolley Containment Systems) Approval 2011 (No 1).

Gary Byles
Director-General
Territory and Municipal Services Directorate
 6 September 2012