South Australia
Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2022
under the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Act 2008

Contents
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Prescribed day (section 3)
Schedule 1—Repeal of Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2008
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2022.
2—Commencement
These regulations come into operation 4 months after the day on which they are made (see Legislative Instruments Act 1978 section 10AA).
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.

Schedule 1—Repeal of Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2008
The Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2008 are repealed.

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	
2022	93	Gazette 3.11.2022 p6550 	3.3.2023: r 2