Enforcement
Enforcement Department
Enforcement Department Roles
The Nasinu Town Council’s Enforcement department is an important part of the NTC regulatory management and plays a significant role in helping to achieve our objectives.
The Council’s Enforcement Team through its powers which it uses to detect, enforce, restrain, and prevent conduct that is illegal and poses harm to public health.
In taking regulatory action, the Enforcement team is guided by the following principles:
- acting decisively
- procedural fairness and integrity
- proportionality
Not all enforcement investigations lead to legal action, however where the Council find that there have been illegal activities contrary to our regulating laws, the Council has a range of sanctions available. These include prohibition orders, demolition orders, powers to impose fines and penalties through court action. These sanctions allow the Council to deliver a safe and healthy community to our ratepayers.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Enforcement
The Enforcement Team are employed to deal with any issues that affect Public Health such as, litter, accumulations of waste and obstruction. The Enforcement team facilitates in serving Notices, Summons and legal documents to offenders follow up with prosecution if required. Although regular patrols are carried out, the Council also relies on our Nasinu residents so our team is directed where there are persistent problems.
- Traffic Management
The Council is closely working with Land Transport Authority to regulate traffic within the Nasinu vicinity. This is enabled through issuance of parking and traffic fines whereby all offenders who have been fined are directed to Land Transport Authority for all payment of traffic fines.
- Litter Management
Residents who place litter outside the Kitchen waste, Green and white goods schedule are issued with a Removal Notice whereby following non-compliance, the offender is served with a Litter Notice.
Litter fines enforced under the Litter Act 2008 as follows:
LITTER ACT 2008 – [LIP Sch] SCHEDULE (Section 14) PENALTIES
| Section | Offence | Penalty |
| 7(1)(a) | Wilfull obstruction or hindering a litter prevention officer | $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both |
| 7(1)(b) | Failure to comply with requirement officer | $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both |
| 7(1)(c) | Refusal to give or false name or residence given or illusory description | $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months |
| 7(1)(d) | Impersonation or false pretence of litter prevention officer | $500 or imprisonment for a term not 3 months exceeding or both |
| 7(1)(e) | Offering violence to, assaulting etc officer | $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both |
| 7(1)(f) | Gives or agrees to give an officer gift or consideration as inducement or reward | $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both |
| 8(5) | Occupier of commercial facility disposing of commercial litter in public bin | For first offence— $200 for individual
$1,000 for corporate body |
| For second or subsequent offence— $800 for individual
$2,000 for corporate body | ||
| 9 | Damaging receptacles | Fine not exceeding $500 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months |
| 10(1) | Abandoning dangerous litter | For first offence—
$2,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months for individual and $4,000 for body corporate |
| For second or subsequent offence—
$4,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months for individual $10,000 for corporate body | ||
| 10(2) | Abandoning litter | For first offence— $200 for individual
$1,000 for corporate body |
| 11 | Bill posting | For first offence— $200 for individual
$1,000 for corporate body For second or subsequent offence— $800 for individual $1,000 for corporate body |
| 12(1) | Littering from vehicle | For first offence:
$200 for individual $1,000 for corporate body For second or subsequent offence: $800 units for individual $2,000 for corporate body |
| 12(2) | Failure to safeguard traffic and remove litter | For first offence— $200 for individual
$1,000 for corporate body For second or subsequent offence— $800 for individual $2,000 for corporate body |
| 13 | Wilful breaking of glass | $400 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both |
| 19 | Employer dismissing or threatening to dismiss an employee for reporting or proposing to report employer | Fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 24 months or both |
- Road Sellers Management
The Council stringently enforces against all illegal road-side vendors who operate illegally from a road-side. The Enforcement team with its’ powers to remove a road-side set up, ensures that there are no illegal road-side setup and working with its’ relevant stakeholders to remove any illegal road-side set-up.
If you have any question,
Feel free to call us on 3341242 or Email: info@nasinu.com.fj
Mayoral Drive, Valelevu, Nasinu
Postal: P.O. Box 6049 Valelevu
Opening Hours:
Mon – Fri: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm