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Operating Rules

The Melbourne Market Operating Rules were created to ensure the Market remains a safe place for people to visit, work and trade. It is your responsibility to understand and follow these rules, which are enforced through a demerit points system connected to each employer. Whatever your role, you have a legal duty of care to work in a manner that is not harmful to your health, safety and environment - and/or the health of others, which includes behaving in an orderly manner and keeping the Market a clean workplace.
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7. Waste management and pallet clearance

    7. Waste management and pallet clearance

    7.1. Recycling and Waste management

    (a) Each Persons and each Market Business Operating on Market Land acknowledges and agrees:

    i) to dispose of all rubbish or waste products in accordance with the recycling and waste management procedures and policies (including the Recycling and Waste Management Procedure);

    ii) at the end of Trading Hours to remove all Waste for which that Person is responsible from the Trading Floor Complex and the National Flower Centre and:

    (A) dispose of it in the receptacles designated by the MMA from time to time; and

    (B) pay the Waste removal fees as specified by the MMA from time to time;

    iii) the MMA may use a CCTV system to determine who deposited Waste in the Trading Floor Complex to determine who is responsible for the Waste;

    iv) any Waste left by a Person in contravention of the Recycling and Waste Management Procedure will, at the cost WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PALLET CLEARANCE of the Person responsible for the Waste, be cleared by the MMA or a Person authorised by the MMA; and

    v) where a third party is authorised by the MMA to clear Waste, the third party is entitled to recover the cost of clearing the Waste directly from the responsible Person, or, where the responsible Person is a Market Business Associate or Visitor, from the relevant Market Business and a failure to pay the cost of clearing the waste to the third party will be a breach of these Operating Rules.


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