{"id":"nsw:act-2010-008","name":"Waste Assets Management Corporation Act 2010","slug":"waste-assets-management-corporation-act-2010","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nsw","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"8 of 2010","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":46788,"registerId":"nsw-act-2010-008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Part 1 Preliminary\n\nPart 1 Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Act","content":"#### 1 Name of Act\n\n1 Name of Act\n\n> This Act is the [Waste Assets Management Corporation Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-008).\n> \n> **s 1:** Am 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[1\\].","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n2 Commencement\n\n> > (1) This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as provided by subsection (2).\n> \n> > (2) Section 30 and Schedule 6.2 commence on a day to be appointed by proclamation.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 3 Definitions\n\n3 Definitions\n\n> The dictionary in Schedule 1, clause 1 defines words used in this Act.\n> \n> Note—\n> \n> The [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.\n> \n> **s 3:** Subst 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[2\\].","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1A","sectionType":"part","heading":"Waste Assets Management Corporation","content":"# Part 1A Waste Assets Management Corporation\n\nPart 1A Waste Assets Management Corporation\n\n**pt 1A:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Division 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Constitution of WAMC","content":"## Division 1 Constitution of WAMC\n\nDivision 1 Constitution of WAMC\n\n**pt 1A, div 1:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"3A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Waste Assets Management Corporation","content":"#### 3A Waste Assets Management Corporation\n\n3A Waste Assets Management Corporation\n\n> > (1) There is constituted by this Act a corporation with the corporate name of the Waste Assets Management Corporation (the Corporation).\n> \n> > (2) The Corporation is a NSW Government agency and is, in the exercise of the Corporation’s functions, subject to the control and direction of the Minister.\n> \n> > (3) (Repealed)\n> \n> Note—\n> \n> See also Schedule 5, which makes further provision for the Corporation.\n> \n> **s 3A (previously s 16):** Renumbered 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[8\\].","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"3B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Functions of WAMC","content":"#### 3B Functions of WAMC\n\n3B Functions of WAMC\n\n> > (1) The WAMC has the following functions—\n> > \n> > > (a) to acquire, control and manage contaminated land if, in the Chief Executive’s opinion, the land presents a risk of harm to human health or the environment,\n> > \n> > > (b) to provide services and do other things for the following purposes in relation to contaminated land acquired, controlled or managed under paragraph (a)—\n> > > \n> > > > (i) the remediation of the land,\n> > > \n> > > > (ii) the use or development of the land,\n> > > \n> > > > (iii) activities that relate to or are incidental to the management, use or development of the land.\n> > > \n> > > Examples—\n> > > \n> > > > 1 using the land for landfill operations before the land is remediated\n> > > \n> > > > 2 following remediation of the land, using the land for use as a public recreation facility until the land is sold to another person\n> > \n> > > (c) to enter into arrangements with a person or body in connection with its other functions, including arrangements for third parties to carry out development for the WAMC on land owned by the WAMC,\n> > \n> > > (d) functions conferred on the WAMC by this Act or another Act,\n> > \n> > > (e) functions supplementary or incidental to the exercise of its other functions, including the following—\n> > > \n> > > > (i) entering contracts or arrangements,\n> > > \n> > > > (ii) charging fees for services,\n> > > \n> > > > (iii) conducting business, for example, generation of renewable energy or creation and sale of carbon credits or biodiversity credits,\n> > \n> > > (f) other prescribed functions in relation to land owned or managed by the WAMC.\n> \n> > (2) In carrying out development on contaminated land, the Chief Executive must be satisfied the development will—\n> > \n> > > (a) prevent further contamination of the land, or\n> > \n> > > (b) be compatible with action taken to mitigate or minimise the risk of harm to human health or the environment presented by contaminants on the land.\n> \n> **s 3B:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"3C","sectionType":"section","heading":"WAMC Landfill Rehabilitation Fund","content":"#### 3C WAMC Landfill Rehabilitation Fund\n\n3C WAMC Landfill Rehabilitation Fund\n\n> > (1) There is to be established in the Special Deposits Account a fund called the WAMC Landfill Rehabilitation Fund (the Fund). The Fund is to be administered by the Minister.\n> \n> > (2) There is payable into the Fund—\n> > \n> > > (a) out of the transaction proceeds under section 6, the amount of all outstanding WAMC landfill liabilities as at the completion of the authorised transaction (as determined under this section),\n> > \n> > > (b) interest and any other amounts accruing from time to time from the investments of the Fund.\n> \n> > (3) There is payable from the Fund—\n> > \n> > > (a) amounts in payment of (or in reimbursement for the payment of) any outstanding WAMC landfill liabilities, as directed by the Minister from time to time,\n> > \n> > > (b) amounts for payment to the Consolidated Fund as directed by the Minister from time to time, but only as permitted by this section,\n> > \n> > > (c) administrative expenses incurred in relation to the Fund.\n> \n> > (4) The Minister cannot direct a payment from the Fund to the Consolidated Fund if the balance standing to the credit of the Fund at the time of the payment is less than the amount of all outstanding WAMC landfill liabilities at that time.\n> \n> > (5) The amount of all outstanding WAMC landfill liabilities as at the completion of the authorised transaction is to be determined and reported to the Treasurer by the person appointed by the Treasurer as Technical Consultant for the authorised transaction.\n> \n> > (6) The annual report of the Waste Assets Management Corporation is to include details of the amounts paid from the Fund during the financial year to which the report relates and the purposes for which those payments were made.\n> \n> > (7) The Minister may invest money in the Fund—\n> > \n> > > (a) if the Minister is a GSF agency for the purposes of Part 6 of the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055)—in any way that the Minister is permitted to invest money under that Part, or\n> > \n> > > (b) if the Minister is not a GSF agency for the purposes of Part 6 of the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055)—in any way approved by the Treasurer.\n> \n> > (8) In this section—\n> > \n> > outstanding WAMC landfill liabilities means any liabilities of WSN in relation to the rehabilitation and future maintenance of landfill sites that become liabilities of the Waste Assets Management Corporation pursuant to the authorised transaction.\n> \n> **s 3C (previously s 7):** Renumbered 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[5\\].","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Division 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Dealings with land","content":"## Division 2 Dealings with land\n\nDivision 2 Dealings with land\n\n**pt 1A, div 2:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"3D","sectionType":"section","heading":"Acquisition of land","content":"#### 3D Acquisition of land\n\n3D Acquisition of land\n\n> The WAMC may, for this Act, acquire land or other property, or an interest in land or other property—\n> \n> > (a) by agreement, or\n> \n> > (b) in accordance with section 3F.\n> \n> **s 3D:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"3E","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transfer of land to WAMC","content":"#### 3E Transfer of land to WAMC\n\n3E Transfer of land to WAMC\n\n> > (1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, transfer land comprising, wholly or in part, contaminated land—\n> > \n> > > (a) from the State or a government agency to the WAMC, or\n> > \n> > > (b) from a council to the WAMC.\n> \n> > (2) The Minister may transfer land under subsection (1) only if—\n> > \n> > > (a) both parties to the transfer have consented to the transfer, and\n> > \n> > > (b) the Treasurer has approved the transfer or the transfer is in accordance with a Treasurer’s direction under the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055).\n> \n> > (3) On the day the order is published in the Gazette (the transfer day), the land vests in the WAMC for an estate in fee simple—\n> > \n> > > (a) without the need for further conveyance, transfer, assignment or assurance, and\n> > \n> > > (b) subject to the trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions and covenants to which the land was subject immediately before the day the order is published.\n> \n> > (4) On the transfer day, the following provisions have effect—\n> > \n> > > (a) the rights or liabilities of the transferor in relation to the land become the rights or liabilities of the WAMC,\n> > \n> > > (b) all proceedings relating to the land commenced before the transfer day by or against the transferor and pending immediately before the transfer day are taken to be proceedings pending by or against the WAMC,\n> > \n> > > (c) an act, matter or thing done or omitted to be done in relation to the land before the transfer day by, to or in relation to the transferor is, to the extent to which the act, matter or thing has force or effect, taken to have been done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to the WAMC,\n> > \n> > > (d) a reference in an Act, in an instrument made under an Act or in a document to the transferor is, to the extent it relates to the land or the rights or liabilities, to be read as, or as including, a reference to the WAMC.\n> \n> **s 3E:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"3F","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transfer of land from WAMC","content":"#### 3F Transfer of land from WAMC\n\n3F Transfer of land from WAMC\n\n> > (1) The WAMC may, by written notice, advise the Minister that certain land is no longer required to be owned or managed by the WAMC for risks to human health or the environment to be properly managed in relation to the land.\n> \n> > (2) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, transfer the land specified in the order from the WAMC to—\n> > \n> > > (a) for land transferred to the WAMC from the State or a government agency—the State, the government agency or, with the agreement of both parties to the transfer, another government agency, or\n> > \n> > > (b) for land transferred to the WAMC from a council—the council.\n> \n> > (3) On the day the order is published in the Gazette (the transfer day), the land vests in the transferee for an estate in fee simple—\n> > \n> > > (a) without the need for further conveyance, transfer, assignment or assurance, and\n> > \n> > > (b) subject to the trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions and covenants to which the land was subject immediately before the day the order is published.\n> \n> > (4) On the transfer day, the following provisions have effect—\n> > \n> > > (a) the rights or liabilities of the WAMC in relation to the land become the rights or liabilities of the transferee,\n> > \n> > > (b) all proceedings relating to the land commenced before the transfer day by or against the WAMC and pending immediately before the transfer day are taken to be proceedings pending by or against the transferee,\n> > \n> > > (c) an act, matter or thing done or omitted to be done in relation to the land before the transfer day by, to or in relation to the WAMC is, to the extent to which the act, matter or thing has force or effect, taken to have been done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to the transferee,\n> > \n> > > (d) a reference in an Act, in an instrument made under an Act or in a document to the WAMC is, to the extent it relates to the land or the rights or liabilities, to be read as, or as including, a reference to the transferee.\n> \n> **s 3F:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"3G","sectionType":"section","heading":"Effect of transfer of land under this part","content":"#### 3G Effect of transfer of land under this part\n\n3G Effect of transfer of land under this part\n\n> > (1) Land may be transferred under this part despite a requirement of another Act or law that relates to dealing with or disposing of the land.\n> \n> > (2) No compensation is payable to a person or body in connection with the operation of this section.\n> \n> > (3) The operation of this section must not be regarded as—\n> > \n> > > (a) a breach of contract or confidence or otherwise as a civil wrong, or\n> > \n> > > (b) a breach of a contractual provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the assignment or transfer of assets, rights or liabilities, or\n> > \n> > > (c) giving rise to a remedy by a party to an instrument, or causing or permitting the termination of an instrument, because of a change in the beneficial or legal ownership of an asset, right or liability.\n> \n> > (4) Duty under the [Duties Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-123) is not chargeable for or in relation to—\n> > \n> > > (a) a vesting or transfer of land effected under this section or in accordance with arrangements entered into under this Act, or\n> > \n> > > (b) anything certified by the Minister as having been done in consequence of the vesting or transfer or under the arrangements.\n> \n> **s 3G:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"3H","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sale of land by WAMC","content":"#### 3H Sale of land by WAMC\n\n3H Sale of land by WAMC\n\n> The WAMC may, with the consent of the Minister, sell or exchange land owned by the WAMC, including by disposing of a fee simple estate in the land.\n> \n> **s 3H:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"3I","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirement to report about acquisitions and disposal of land","content":"#### 3I Requirement to report about acquisitions and disposal of land\n\n3I Requirement to report about acquisitions and disposal of land\n\n> > (1) The WAMC must, within 2 months after the end of each reporting period, give the Minister a report about the following—\n> > \n> > > (a) land acquired, or disposed of, by the WAMC in the reporting period, including land bought, sold, exchanged or otherwise transferred to or from the WAMC,\n> > \n> > > (b) if the WAMC disposed of land to a person other than the State, a government agency or a council within the reporting period—the reason for the decision to dispose of the land to that person.\n> \n> > (2) The Minister must, within 5 sitting days after being given a report under subsection (1), provide the report to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament.\n> \n> > (3) A report provided to the Presiding Officer of a House of Parliament under subsection (2) must be laid before that House within 5 sitting days of that House after it is received by the Presiding Officer.\n> \n> > (4) In this section—\n> > \n> > reporting period means the following periods—\n> > \n> > > (a) the period starting on 1 January in a year and ending on 30 June in that year,\n> > \n> > > (b) the period starting on 1 July in a year and ending on 31 December in that year.\n> \n> **s 3I:** Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"The authorised transaction","content":"# Part 2 The authorised transaction\n\nPart 2 The authorised transaction","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority for transfer of WSN assets to private sector","content":"#### 4 Authority for transfer of WSN assets to private sector\n\n4 Authority for transfer of WSN assets to private sector\n\n> This Act authorises the transfer to the private sector of any WSN assets.","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transfer of WSN assets to public sector agencies","content":"#### 5 Transfer of WSN assets to public sector agencies\n\n5 Transfer of WSN assets to public sector agencies\n\n> This Act authorises the transfer of any WSN assets to one or more public sector agencies.","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proceeds of transaction","content":"#### 6 Proceeds of transaction\n\n6 Proceeds of transaction\n\n> > (1) The proceeds of the transfer of WSN assets to the private sector pursuant to the authorised transaction (the transaction proceeds) belong to and are payable directly to the State.\n> \n> > (2) The transaction proceeds paid to the State are to be paid as follows—\n> > \n> > > (a) the amount of all outstanding WAMC landfill liabilities on the completion of the authorised transaction (determined as provided by section 7) is to be paid into the WAMC Landfill Rehabilitation Fund under that section,\n> > \n> > > (b) the balance of the transaction proceeds are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.\n> \n> > (3) The following deductions are authorised to be made from the transaction proceeds—\n> > \n> > > (a) deduction of such amounts as the Treasurer approves to repay debt and satisfy other liabilities of a public sector agency in respect of WSN assets transferred for the purposes of the authorised transaction,\n> > \n> > > (b) deduction of such amounts as the Treasurer approves to reimburse public sector agencies for payments made by them in respect of any tax, duty, fee or charge imposed by any Act or law of the State or any other jurisdiction in connection with a transaction arrangement,\n> > \n> > > (c) deduction of such amounts as the Treasurer approves to satisfy any liability of a public sector agency arising under or in connection with a transaction arrangement,\n> > \n> > > (d) deduction of such amounts as the Treasurer approves to meet expenses reasonably incurred by public sector agencies for the purposes of the authorised transaction.\n> \n> > (4) The transaction proceeds do not include any amount certified by the Treasurer to have been paid to a public sector agency as a tax, duty, fee or charge imposed by any Act or law of the State in connection with a transaction arrangement.\n> \n> > (5) The deductions authorised to be made from the transaction proceeds may be made before payment of transaction proceeds into the Consolidated Fund or may be made by payment from the Consolidated Fund.\n> \n> > (6) The requirements of this section do not affect the validity of a transaction arrangement.","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"#### 7\n\n7\n\n(Renumbered as section 3C)\n\n**s 7:** Am 2012 No 95, Sch 2.40 \\[1\\]; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.51 \\[1\\]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.67; 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[4\\]. Renumbered as sec 3C, 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[5\\].","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Treasurer to report on authorised transaction","content":"#### 8 Treasurer to report on authorised transaction\n\n8 Treasurer to report on authorised transaction\n\n> > (1) The Treasurer is to prepare a report on the following matters concerning the authorised transaction—\n> > \n> > > (a) the broad strategies for compliance with the waste management strategies of the Environment Protection Authority,\n> > \n> > > (b) the broad strategies to be established to ensure the resolution of any competition issues resulting from the authorised transaction.\n> \n> > (2) In preparing the report, the Treasurer is to consult with the Environment Protection Authority.\n> \n> > (3) The Treasurer’s report is to be publicly released as soon as reasonably practicable after the completion of the authorised transaction.","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Facilitating the authorised transaction","content":"# Part 3 Facilitating the authorised transaction\n\nPart 3 Facilitating the authorised transaction","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Treasurer’s functions","content":"#### 9 Treasurer’s functions\n\n9 Treasurer’s functions\n\n> The Treasurer has and may exercise all such functions as are necessary or convenient for the purposes of the authorised transaction. The functions conferred on the Treasurer by any other provision of this Act do not limit the Treasurer’s functions under this section.","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transaction companies","content":"#### 10 Transaction companies\n\n10 Transaction companies\n\n> > (1) The Treasurer may for the purposes of the authorised transaction establish, or direct the establishment of, companies as transaction companies in any of the following ways—\n> > \n> > > (a) the formation or acquisition by or on behalf of the State or a SOC of a company limited by shares, so that all the issued shares in the company are held by or on behalf of the State or a SOC (or both),\n> > \n> > > (b) the formation or acquisition of a company as a wholly owned subsidiary company of a transaction company,\n> > \n> > > (c) the conversion of WSN into a company limited by shares as provided by Schedule 2.\n> \n> > (2) A transaction company that is a public sector agency may be converted from one kind of company to any other kind of company.\n> \n> > (3) Except by express agreement with the Treasurer—\n> > \n> > > (a) a transaction company is not and does not represent the State, and\n> > \n> > > (b) the debts, liabilities and obligations of a transaction company are not guaranteed by the State (but without affecting any guarantee of a debt, liability or obligation of WSN that becomes a debt, liability or obligation of the transaction company).\n> \n> > (4) The Treasurer may act for or on behalf of the State, a SOC or a transaction company that is a public sector agency in connection with the rights, privileges and benefits, and the duties, liabilities and obligations of the State, the SOC or the transaction company as the holder of shares or other securities in a transaction company.\n> \n> > (5) Shares and other securities in a transaction company that is a public sector agency may be issued, sold or transferred in accordance with the directions of the Treasurer.\n> \n> > (6) The Treasurer may on behalf of the State, a SOC or a transaction company that is a public sector agency enter into and carry out transaction arrangements for the issue, sale or transfer of shares and other securities in a transaction company.","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Functions of WSN and transaction companies","content":"#### 11 Functions of WSN and transaction companies\n\n11 Functions of WSN and transaction companies\n\n> > (1) WSN and any transaction company have and may exercise all such functions as are necessary or convenient for the purposes of the authorised transaction.\n> \n> > (2) The functions conferred by this section are in addition to any other functions that WSN or a transaction company has apart from this section and those other functions do not prevent or otherwise limit the exercise of the additional functions conferred by this section.\n> \n> > (3) The Treasurer may act for and on behalf of and in the name of WSN or any transaction company (while it is a public sector agency) in the exercise of any of its functions for the purposes of the authorised transaction.","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Direction and control of WSN and transaction companies","content":"#### 12 Direction and control of WSN and transaction companies\n\n12 Direction and control of WSN and transaction companies\n\n> > (1) WSN and any transaction company (while it is a public sector agency) are subject to the direction and control of the Treasurer in the exercise of any of their functions for the purposes of the authorised transaction.\n> \n> > (2) The Treasurer may give directions for the purposes of the authorised transaction to WSN and to any transaction company, and to the directors and other officers of WSN or a transaction company. Any such directions must be complied with by WSN, the transaction company or the directors or other officers concerned.\n> \n> > (3) Directions to a transaction company (or its directors and other officers) can only be given and are only required to be complied with while the transaction company is a public sector agency.\n> \n> > (4) The power to give directions under this section extends to directions with respect to the way in which WSN or a transaction company is to conduct its business and other affairs.\n> \n> > (5) Action taken by WSN to comply with a direction of the Treasurer under this Act does not require the approval of the voting shareholders or portfolio Minister of WSN.\n> \n> > (6) Anything done or omitted to be done by a director or other officer of WSN or a transaction company in complying with a direction given by the Treasurer under this Act does not subject the director or officer personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.\n> \n> > (7) The provisions of this section are declared to be Corporations legislation displacement provisions for the purposes of section 5G of the Corporations Act.","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Grant of relevant authorisations","content":"#### 13 Grant of relevant authorisations\n\n13 Grant of relevant authorisations\n\n> > (1) The Treasurer may give directions to a public sector agency for or with respect to the grant of any relevant authorisation to a person who becomes or who it is proposed will become the new operator of any WSN assets pursuant to the authorised transaction, including directions for or with respect to any of the following—\n> > \n> > > (a) requiring the grant of any such relevant authorisation without the necessity for the making or determination of any application,\n> > \n> > > (b) the displacement or modification of any provision of a relevant law in its application to the grant of any such relevant authorisation,\n> > \n> > > (c) the conditions or endorsements subject to which any such relevant authorisation is to be granted or that are to be attached to any such relevant authorisation.\n> \n> > (2) A direction may only be given under this section for the grant of a relevant authorisation that—\n> > \n> > > (a) operates to transfer, replace or replicate an existing relevant authorisation that is currently in force, to the extent of its application to or in respect of the WSN assets concerned, and\n> > \n> > > (b) is subject to terms, conditions or endorsements that are the same (or to substantially the same effect) as those to which that existing relevant authorisation is subject.\n> \n> > (3) The Treasurer must consult with a public sector agency before giving a direction to the public sector agency under this section.\n> \n> > (4) A public sector agency exercising functions under a relevant law must comply with a direction of the Treasurer under this section.\n> \n> > (5) Anything done by WSN in compliance with a condition or endorsement of a relevant authorisation in relation to WSN assets of which a person is the new operator is taken to have been done by the new operator for the purposes of any corresponding condition or endorsement of a relevant authorisation granted to the new operator pursuant to a direction under this section.\n> \n> > (6) A relevant authorisation granted to WSN or to the new operator of WSN assets may not be suspended or cancelled on the ground of the conversion of WSN or the new operator to a company or on the ground of any change that has occurred in the officers or shareholders of the company as a result of that conversion or pursuant to a transaction arrangement.\n> \n> > (7) In this section—\n> > \n> > grant includes issue and transfer.\n> > \n> > new operator of WSN assets means—\n> > \n> > > (a) a public sector agency to which any WSN assets are transferred for the purposes of the authorised transaction, or\n> > \n> > > (b) a person (or the nominee of a person) in whom WSN assets are vested, or to whom WSN assets are transferred, pursuant to the authorised transaction.\n> > \n> > public sector agency includes a local authority.\n> > \n> > relevant authorisation means a licence, permit, consent, entitlement, accreditation or other authorisation under a relevant law.\n> > \n> > relevant law means any of the following Acts and any regulations or instruments under those Acts—\n> > \n> > > [Contaminated Land Management Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-140)\n> > \n> > > [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203)\n> > \n> > > [Mining Act 1992](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1992-029)\n> > \n> > > [Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-156)\n> > \n> > > [Sydney Water Act 1994](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-088)\n> > \n> > > [Water Act 1912](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1912-044)\n> > \n> > > [Water Management Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2000-092)\n> > \n> > > any other Act prescribed by the regulations.","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Vesting orders","content":"#### 14 Vesting orders\n\n14 Vesting orders\n\n> The Treasurer may make vesting orders under Schedule 3 for the purposes of the authorised transaction.","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Employee protections","content":"#### 15 Employee protections\n\n15 Employee protections\n\n> Schedule 4 contains provisions relating to the transfer of employees of WSN for the purposes of the authorised transaction.","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"#### 16\n\n16\n\n(Renumbered as section 3A)\n\n**s 16:** Am 2012 No 95, Sch 2.40 \\[1\\]; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.51 \\[1\\]; 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[6\\] \\[7\\]. Renumbered as sec 3A, 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[8\\].","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"State taxes","content":"#### 17 State taxes\n\n17 State taxes\n\n> > (1) In this section—\n> > \n> > relevant matter means any of the following—\n> > \n> > > (a) the transfer of WSN assets for the purposes of the authorised transaction,\n> > \n> > > (b) a vesting of assets, rights or liabilities by operation of Schedule 3 (Vesting of assets, rights and liabilities) and anything certified by the Treasurer as having been done in consequence of such a vesting (for example, the transfer or registration of an interest in land),\n> > \n> > > (c) the issue, disposal or purchase of shares or other securities in a company for the purposes of the authorised transaction,\n> > \n> > > (d) any matter connected with the corporate conversion of WSN for the purposes of the authorised transaction,\n> > \n> > > (e) such other matters for the purposes of the authorised transaction as may be prescribed by the regulations.\n> > \n> > State tax means application or registration fees, duty under the [Duties Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-123) or any other tax, duty, fee or charge imposed by any Act or law of the State.\n> \n> > (2) State tax is not payable by a public sector agency in relation to a relevant matter.\n> \n> > (3) State tax is not payable by a person or body (other than a public sector agency) in relation to a relevant matter to such extent (if any) as the Treasurer may direct by order in writing, either generally or in a particular case.\n> \n> > (4) An order may be made by the Treasurer under this section before or after the liability to pay the State tax concerned accrues.\n> \n> > (5) The Treasurer must give a copy of an order under this section to the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue.","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Contracts for sale of land","content":"#### 18 Contracts for sale of land\n\n18 Contracts for sale of land\n\n> Section 52A (Contracts for sale of land) of the [Conveyancing Act 1919](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006) does not apply to a contract for the sale of land that is entered into for the purposes of the authorised transaction.","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"# Part 4 Miscellaneous\n\nPart 4 Miscellaneous","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Release of information by Auditor-General","content":"#### 19 Release of information by Auditor-General\n\n19 Release of information by Auditor-General\n\n> Section 38 (Secrecy) of the [Government Sector Audit Act 1983](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1983-152) does not apply to or in respect of a report or communication that the Treasurer authorises the Auditor-General to make to a person for the purposes of the authorised transaction.\n> \n> **s 19:** Am 2018 No 70, Sch 4.116.","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Delegation","content":"#### 20 Delegation\n\n20 Delegation\n\n> > (1) The Treasurer may delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury, or to any other officer of the Government Service prescribed by the regulations, any function of the Treasurer under this Act except this power of delegation.\n> \n> > (2) The Minister may delegate to the following any function of the Minister under this Act, except this power of delegation—\n> > \n> > > (a) an officer of the Department in which this Act is administered,\n> > \n> > > (b) another officer of a government sector agency.\n> \n> **s 20:** Am 2012 No 95, Sch 2.40 \\[2\\]; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.51 \\[1\\] \\[2\\]; 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[9\\].","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Act to bind State and other jurisdictions","content":"#### 21 Act to bind State and other jurisdictions\n\n21 Act to bind State and other jurisdictions\n\n> > (1) This Act binds the State and, in so far as the legislative power of the Parliament of New South Wales permits, the other States, the Territories and the Commonwealth.\n> \n> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), this Act has effect despite any privilege or immunity of the Crown in any of its capacities.\n> \n> > (3) This Act does not make any State or Territory, the Commonwealth, or the Crown in any of its capacities, liable to be prosecuted for an offence.\n> \n> > (4) A reference in this section to a State, Territory or the Commonwealth includes a reference to the Government of the State, Territory or Commonwealth.","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"General relationship of Act with other State legislation","content":"#### 22 General relationship of Act with other State legislation\n\n22 General relationship of Act with other State legislation\n\n> > (1) None of the following provisions operate to prevent, restrict or otherwise limit the carrying out of the authorised transaction or the exercise of a function for the purposes of the authorised transaction—\n> > \n> > > (a) any provision of the [State Owned Corporations Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-134) or the [Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation Act 2001](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2001-059),\n> > \n> > > (b) any provision of the constitution of WSN or a subsidiary of WSN.\n> \n> > (2) In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Act or the regulations and a provision of any other State legislation that is prescribed by the regulations as an inconsistent provision for the purposes of this section, the provisions of this Act or the regulations (as the case may be) prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Extraterritorial operation of Act","content":"#### 23 Extraterritorial operation of Act\n\n23 Extraterritorial operation of Act\n\n> > (1) It is the intention of the Parliament of New South Wales that the operation of this Act should, as far as possible, include operation in relation to the following—\n> > \n> > > (a) things situated in or outside the territorial limits of the State,\n> > \n> > > (b) acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring in or outside the territorial limits of the State,\n> > \n> > > (c) things, acts, transactions and matters (wherever situated, done, entered into or occurring) that would, apart from this Act, be governed or otherwise affected by the law of another State, a Territory, the Commonwealth or a foreign country.\n> \n> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), it is the intention of the Parliament of New South Wales that the provisions of this Act have an operation in relation to the things, acts, transactions and matters referred to in that subsection even if the rules of private international law (whether at general law or as provided by legislation) would require the application of a law other than this Act instead of the provisions of this Act.","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Construction of Act and instruments so as not to exceed legislative power","content":"#### 24 Construction of Act and instruments so as not to exceed legislative power\n\n24 Construction of Act and instruments so as not to exceed legislative power\n\n> > (1) Unless a contrary intention appears, if a provision of this Act or an instrument made under this Act—\n> > \n> > > (a) would, apart from this section, have an invalid application, but\n> > \n> > > (b) also has at least one valid application,\n> > \n> > it is the intention of the Parliament of New South Wales that the provision is not to have the invalid application, but is to have every valid application.\n> \n> > (2) Despite subsection (1), the provision is not to have a particular valid application if—\n> > \n> > > (a) apart from this section, it is clear, taking into account the provision’s context and the purposes or objects underlying this Act, that the provision was intended to have that valid application only if every invalid application, or a particular invalid application, of the provision had also been within the legislative power of the Parliament of New South Wales, or\n> > \n> > > (b) the provision’s operation in relation to that valid application would be different in a substantial respect from what would have been its operation in relation to that valid application if every invalid application, or a particular invalid application, of the provision had been within the legislative power of the Parliament of New South Wales.\n> \n> > (3) Subsection (2) does not limit the cases in which a contrary intention may be taken to appear for the purposes of subsection (1).\n> \n> > (4) This section is in addition to, and not in derogation of, section 31 of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015).\n> \n> > (5) In this section—\n> > \n> > application means an application in relation to—\n> > \n> > > (a) one or more particular persons, things, matters, places, circumstances or cases, or\n> > \n> > > (b) one or more classes (however defined or determined) of persons, things, matters, places, circumstances or cases.\n> > \n> > invalid application, in relation to a provision, means an application because of which the provision exceeds the legislative power of the Parliament of New South Wales.\n> > \n> > valid application, in relation to a provision, means an application which, if it were the provision’s only application, would be within the legislative power of the Parliament of New South Wales.","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Protection of contractual and other obligations","content":"#### 25 Protection of contractual and other obligations\n\n25 Protection of contractual and other obligations\n\n> > (1) This section applies to the following—\n> > \n> > > (a) the operation of this Act (including any order under this Act and anything done or omitted to be done under or for the purposes of this Act),\n> > \n> > > (b) the transfer of WSN assets for the purposes of the authorised transaction,\n> > \n> > > (c) the entering into or performance of obligations under a transaction arrangement by a public sector agency,\n> > \n> > > (d) a disclosure of information by, on behalf of or with the consent of a public sector agency for the purposes of the authorised transaction.\n> \n> > (2) None of the matters or things to which this section applies are to be regarded as—\n> > \n> > > (a) a breach of contract or confidence or otherwise as a civil wrong, or\n> > \n> > > (b) a breach of any instrument (including, without limitation, any provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the assignment or transfer of assets, rights or liabilities) or as requiring any act to be done under an instrument, or\n> > \n> > > (c) giving rise to any right or remedy by a party to a contract or other instrument, or as causing or permitting the termination of, or exercise of rights under, any contract or other instrument, or\n> > \n> > > (d) an event of default under any contract or other instrument, or\n> > \n> > > (e) giving rise to a breach of or an offence against a provision of an Act that prohibits or restricts the disclosure of information, or\n> > \n> > > (f) releasing a surety or other obligee wholly or in part from an obligation.\n> \n> > (3) This section does not affect the rights and obligations of the parties to a transaction arrangement in respect of the performance of obligations under the transaction arrangement.\n> \n> > (4) In this section—\n> > \n> > instrument means an instrument (other than an instrument made under this Act) or any other document that creates, modifies or extinguishes rights or liabilities (or would do so if lodged, filed or registered in accordance with any law), and includes any judgment, order, process or other instrument issued by a court or tribunal.","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Compensation not payable","content":"#### 26 Compensation not payable\n\n26 Compensation not payable\n\n> > (1) Compensation is not payable by or on behalf of the State—\n> > \n> > > (a) because of the enactment or operation of this Act, or for any consequence of that enactment or operation, or\n> > \n> > > (b) because of any statement or conduct relating to the enactment of this Act.\n> \n> > (2) This section does not extend to compensation payable under a transaction arrangement to a party to the transaction arrangement in connection with the performance of obligations under the transaction arrangement.\n> \n> > (3) In this section—\n> > \n> > compensation includes damages or any other form of monetary compensation.\n> > \n> > conduct includes any act or omission, whether unconscionable, misleading, deceptive or otherwise.\n> > \n> > operation of this Act includes the operation of any notice or order under this Act and any agreement entered into under or for the purposes of this Act.\n> > \n> > statement includes a representation of any kind—\n> > \n> > > (a) whether made verbally or in writing, and\n> > \n> > > (b) whether negligent, false, misleading or otherwise.\n> > \n> > the State means the Crown within the meaning of the [Crown Proceedings Act 1988](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1988-070), and includes a public sector agency and an officer, employee or agent of the Crown or a public sector agency.","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Certificate evidence","content":"#### 27 Certificate evidence\n\n27 Certificate evidence\n\n> A certificate purporting to be signed by the Treasurer or an officer prescribed by the regulations certifying that an order specified or referred to in the certificate is an order made by the Treasurer under a specified provision of this Act is admissible in evidence in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the matters certified.","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulations","content":"#### 28 Regulations\n\n28 Regulations\n\n> The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"#### 29\n\n29, 30 (Repealed)","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Interpretative provisions","content":"# Schedule 1 Interpretative provisions\n\nSchedule 1 Interpretative provisions\n\n(Section 3)\n\n**sch 1:** Am 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[11\\] \\[12\\].","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Corporate conversion of WSN","content":"# Schedule 2 Corporate conversion of WSN\n\nSchedule 2 Corporate conversion of WSN\n\n(Section 10)","sortOrder":52},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Vesting of assets, rights and liabilities","content":"# Schedule 3 Vesting of assets, rights and liabilities\n\nSchedule 3 Vesting of assets, rights and liabilities\n\n(Section 14)","sortOrder":56},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Employee protections","content":"# Schedule 4 Employee protections\n\nSchedule 4 Employee protections\n\n(Section 15)","sortOrder":69},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 5","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Waste Assets Management Corporation","content":"# Schedule 5 Waste Assets Management Corporation\n\nSchedule 5 Waste Assets Management Corporation\n\n(Section 16)\n\n**sch 5:** Am 2012 No 95, Sch 2.40 \\[1\\] \\[3\\] \\[4\\]; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.51 \\[1\\]; 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[13\\]–\\[15\\].","sortOrder":80},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 6","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Savings and transitional provisions","content":"# Schedule 6 Savings and transitional provisions\n\nSchedule 6 Savings and transitional provisions\n\n**sch 6:** Am 1987 No 15, sec 30C. Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. Ins 2023 No 38, Sch 1\\[16\\].","sortOrder":89}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has evolved significantly from its original purpose. Enacted in 2010 as the 'Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (Authorised Transaction) Act', its sole purpose was to authorise the privatisation of WSN. The 2023 amendments (No 38) inserted Part 1A, creating the Waste Assets Management Corporation as a permanent ongoing entity for contaminated land management, renamed the Act, and added machinery for the eventual repeal of the privatisation provisions. The Act now serves a dual purpose: facilitating a completed (or completing) transaction while establishing a permanent environmental land management agency — substantially expanding its scope beyond the original one-off asset sale."},"complexity_factors":["Dual-purpose structure: The Act serves two distinct phases — an ongoing land remediation regime (Part 1A) and a temporary privatisation framework (Parts 2-3) with automatic repeal provisions","Extensive cross-referencing: Heavy reliance on external statutes including the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Government Sector Finance Act 2018, State Owned Corporations Act 1989, and multiple environmental protection Acts","Nested definitions: 25+ defined terms in Schedule 1, including recursive definitions (e.g., 'public sector agency' includes 'transaction company' only while shares held by State)","Conditional vesting mechanics: Schedule 3 creates automatic statutory transfers of assets/liabilities without normal conveyancing, with 12 distinct legal consequences per vesting order","Employment guarantee complexity: Schedule 4 creates tiered protections (3 years for permanent staff, lesser periods for temporary staff, none for casuals) with interaction rules for Commonwealth Fair Work Act","Sunset provisions: Section 4 of Schedule 6 allows Treasurer to trigger automatic repeal of substantial portions of the Act upon declaration of transaction completion","Legislative override provisions: Sections 22 and 25 explicitly displace other State laws and contractual rights to facilitate the authorised transaction"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does**\n\nThis Act creates the **Waste Assets Management Corporation (WAMC)** — a NSW Government agency that takes over contaminated land from the State, councils, and other government bodies to clean it up and manage environmental risks.\n\n**Key things the WAMC can do:**\n- **Acquire contaminated land** that poses risks to human health or the environment, either by agreement or through compulsory processes\n- **Clean up (remediate)** the land and develop it for uses like public parks, renewable energy projects, or carbon credit schemes\n- **Buy, sell, and transfer land** with Ministerial approval, including transferring land back to the State or councils once it's safe\n- **Run a special fund** (the Landfill Rehabilitation Fund) to pay for ongoing environmental obligations from old landfill sites\n- **Create subsidiary companies** to carry out commercial activities\n\n**The \"authorised transaction\" (being wound down)**\n\nThe Act originally allowed the privatisation of the former Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (WSN). This involved:\n- Transferring WSN's assets to private companies or other government agencies\n- Protecting employees who were transferred (guaranteeing their jobs for up to 3 years)\n- Allowing the Treasurer to override normal laws to make the sale happen\n\nThese privatisation powers are temporary. Once the Treasurer declares the transaction complete, most of Part 2 and Part 3 (the privatisation machinery) will be automatically repealed, leaving the WAMC as the permanent ongoing body.\n\n**Who it affects**\n- **Landowners and councils** — can transfer contaminated land to WAMC for remediation\n- **Communities** — benefit from cleaned-up land and reduced environmental hazards\n- **Former WSN employees** — had guaranteed job protections if transferred to private sector employers\n- **Government agencies** — must follow special rules when dealing with WAMC land transfers\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis Act solves a practical problem: contaminated land often sits idle because no one wants the liability. WAMC acts as a \"bad bank\" for dirty land — taking on the risk, cleaning it up, and either returning it to public use or selling it once safe. The 2023 amendments renamed the Act and restructured it to focus on this ongoing land remediation role, rather than just the one-off privatisation of WSN."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Amendments (noted in the text) expand and refocus the Act by creating the WAMC with land acquisition/management and a dedicated landfill rehabilitation fund, adding powers for corporate conversion, transaction companies and vesting orders, and specifying reporting and employee transfer safeguards. The Treasurer is given broad, conclusive decision‑making powers and the Act disapplies certain tax and legal barriers for the authorised transaction (see Part 1A, Part 2, Schedules 2–5 and Schedule 6, cl 4)."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive executive discretion: Treasurer and Minister can give binding directions, create transaction companies and make vesting orders (ss 9, 10, 12, 14).","Powers to override other laws and contractual provisions for transfers, and to disapply duties/taxes and legal obstacles (ss 3G, 17, 25).","Detailed asset‑vesting mechanics that effect transfers without conveyance and make Treasurer determinations conclusive (Schedule 3, cll 2–3, 9; s 27).","Financial architecture: proceeds flow to the State with a ring‑fenced fund for landfill liabilities and restricted payments (s 6; s 3C).","Corporate conversion route and non‑reviewable Treasurer certificate about compliance with conversion rules (Schedule 2, cls 1–3).","Employee transfer regime balancing statutory protections with limited choices for casual/contract staff and interaction with Commonwealth workplace law (Schedule 4, cls 2–10).","Displacement and interaction with Corporations law and public‑sector accounting policy directions (ss 11–12; Schedule 3, cl 12).","Extraterritorial and interpretative clauses that broaden application and limit invalid applications (ss 23–24)."],"plain_english_summary":"Establishes the Waste Assets Management Corporation (WAMC) as a NSW agency and authorises transfer of Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (WSN) assets to public or private owners; sale proceeds belong to the State with amounts for landfill liabilities ring‑fenced in a WAMC Landfill Rehabilitation Fund. The Treasurer and Minister have wide powers to create transaction companies, make vesting orders and direct agencies; employee transfers receive specified protections; certain State taxes and legal obstacles can be disapplied for the authorised transaction (ss 3A, 4–6, 10, 14; Schedule 4; ss 17, 3C)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The scope appears to have changed significantly from its original intent. The Act was originally named the *Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation (Authorised Transaction) Act 2010*, suggesting its primary purpose was to authorise a specific one-off transaction — most likely the privatisation or sale of the Waste Recycling and Processing Corporation. The name change to *Waste Assets Management Corporation Act 2010* reflects a shift from a transaction-focused law to one establishing an ongoing asset management body. This suggests the corporation's role evolved from facilitating a sale to permanently managing residual government assets in the waste sector."},"complexity_factors":["The Act has been amended multiple times (8 versions since 2010), adding layers of interpretation complexity","Dual ministerial responsibility (Treasurer and Minister for Lands and Property) suggests overlapping regulatory domains","Corporate governance rules for government-owned corporations can be technically complex","The name change from 'Authorised Transaction' to 'Waste Assets Management' suggests a significant evolution in purpose, requiring readers to understand both the original and current intent","Interaction with broader NSW government trading enterprise and privatisation law adds context complexity","Limited substantive content is visible in the provided extract, making full assessment of complexity difficult"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act creates the Waste Assets Management Corporation, a NSW government-owned body to hold and manage waste-related assets (land, equipment, contracts) originally tied to the state’s waste recycling and processing operations. It was set up to facilitate an authorised transaction — the sale/transfer of the old corporation’s assets — and to deal with any remaining assets, liabilities or responsibilities.\n\nIt affects NSW taxpayers, waste-sector businesses, land/property interests and anyone linked to the former corporation’s operations."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/waste-assets-management-corporation-act-2010","history":"/api/acts/waste-assets-management-corporation-act-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/waste-assets-management-corporation-act-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/waste-assets-management-corporation-act-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/waste-assets-management-corporation-act-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/waste-assets-management-corporation-act-2010/documents"}}