South Australia
Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2008
under the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Act 2008

Contents
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Prescribed day (section 3)
5	Prescribed requirements for notice (section 4)
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2008.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on the day on which the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Act 2008 comes into operation.
3—Interpretation
In these regulations—
Act means the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Act 2008.
4—Prescribed day (section 3)
For the purposes of the definition of prescribed day in section 3 of the Act, 4 May 2009 is prescribed.
5—Prescribed requirements for notice (section 4)
	(1)	Pursuant to paragraph (b) of section 4(1) of the Act, a retailer to whom that section applies must display, in a prominent position at each point of sale in the retailer's premises, a notice that—
	(a)	subject to subregulation (2), is not less than 95mm in height and 150mm in width; and
	(b)	includes the following statement in legible letters:
The SA Government is banning the supply of lightweight checkout style plastic shopping bags from 4 May 2009.
Alternative shopping bags are available from this retail outlet.
	(2)	The requirement for a notice to be not less than the size specified in subregulation (1)(a) does not apply in relation to a notice in electronic form.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Principal regulations
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
2008	319	Gazette 18.12.2008 p5702 	1.1.2009:  r 2