Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021 No 31
Table of versions
| Effective date | Publication date | Amendments included | Notes |
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| 12 December 2025 | 12 December 2025 | 2025 No
58 |
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| 03 April 2024 | 03 April 2024 | 2024 No
20 |
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| 14 July 2023 | 14 July 2023 | 2023 No
7 |
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| 30 November 2021 | 30 November 2021 | ||
| 29 November 2021 | 29 November 2021 | ||
Original legislation
Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021 No 31 No 31
Assented to 29.11.2021.
Date of commencement, Sch 1, secs 2–5 excepted, assent, sec 2(1).
Date of commencement of Sch 1, sec 2, 1.6.2022, sec 2(2).
Date of commencement of Sch 1, secs 3–5, 1.11.2022, sec 2(3).
Amending legislation
Environmental Legislation Amendment Act 2025 No 58
Assented to 23.09.2025.
Date of commencement of Sch 5[1] [2] and [7], to the extent it inserts the part heading and the cl titled “Recovery of costs”, 12.12.2025, sec 2(b) and 2025 (660) LW 12.12.2025.
Date of commencement of Sch 5[3]–[6] and [7], except to the extent it inserts the part heading and the cl titled “Recovery of costs”: not in force.
Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Act 2024 No 20
Assented to 03.04.2024.
Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2(c).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 No 7 (SI )
Assented to 03.07.2023.
Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2.
History notes
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Sec 7 |
Am 2023 No 7, Sch 1.17[1] [2]. |
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Sec 41 |
Am 2025 No 58, Sch 5[1] [2]. |
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Sec 59 |
Subst 2024 No 20, Sch 5[1]. |
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Sec 62 |
Am 2024 No 20, Sch 5[2]. |
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Sch 1 |
Am 2023 No 7, Sch 1.17[3]. |
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Sch 2 |
Am 2025 No 58, Sch 5[7]. |
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Sch 3 |
Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. |
Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Bill 2021
More information on the passage of this Bill through Parliament, including links to the second reading speech and Legislation Review Committee report, is available via the Bills tab on the Parliament website.
| Introduced (LC): 20 October 2021 | Bill (and Explanatory Note) - unavailable |
| 2nd Reading (LA): 20 October 2021 | |
| Assent: 29 November 2021 |  2021 No 31
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