{"id":"waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-ewaste-regulations-2024","name":"Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-waste) Regulations 2024","slug":"waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-e-waste-regulations-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182425,"registerId":"wa-waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-ewaste-regulations-2024-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-waste) Regulations 2024","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nWaste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007\n\nWaste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-waste) Regulations 2024\n\nWestern Australia\n\nWaste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-waste) Regulations 2024\n\nContents\n\nPart 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\n4. Aggregated waste 2\n\n5. Related entities taken into account when determining whether business entity is significant entity 3\n\n6. Exceptions 3\n\n7. Other laws about hazardous waste 3\n\nPart 2 — Prohibition on disposal of e‑waste to landfill\n\n8. E‑waste waste not to be disposed to landfill 4\n\nPart 3 — Specific responsibilities\n\nDivision 1 — E‑waste service providers\n\n9. Storage, treatment, processing and recycling 6\n\n10. Separation of waste 7\n\n11. Records 7\n\nDivision 2 — Significant entities\n\n12. Storage and transfer requirements 8\n\n13. Records 9\n\nDivision 3 — Landfill operators\n\n14. Separation of waste 10\n\nDivision 4 — Record retention\n\n15. Record retention 10\n\nPart 4 — Exemptions\n\n16. Exemption from requirements of regulations 11\n\n17. Review 12\n\nSchedule 1 — Regulated e‑waste\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 18\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWaste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007\n\nWaste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e‑waste) Regulations 2024\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e‑waste) Regulations 2024*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation as follows —\n\n(a) Part 1 (other than regulations 3 to 7) — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;\n\n(b) the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2024.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\nIn these regulations —\n\naggregated waste has the meaning given in regulation 4;\n\nbusiness entity —\n\n(a) means an entity involved in business, industry, trade or commerce; but\n\n(b) does not include a public entity;\n\ne‑waste service provider means a person who conducts a business or undertaking that includes the collection or receipt of regulated e‑waste for storage, management, aggregation, treatment, processing, sorting, recycling, transfer or disposal;\n\nlandfill operator means a person who occupies premises that constitute a landfill site;\n\nlandfill site means premises that are specified in the *Environmental Protection Regulations 1987* Schedule 1 category 63, 64, 65, 66 or 89;\n\nprocessed materials means materials that are the result of e‑waste being transformed, through separation and recycling in accordance with the waste strategy, for resource recovery;\n\npublic entity means —\n\n(a) an agency or organisation as those terms are defined in the *Public Sector Management Act 1994* section 3(1); or\n\n(b) a local government or a regional local government;\n\nregulated e‑waste means the types of waste described in Schedule 1 column 2;\n\nresidual waste means waste that remains after regulated e‑waste has been separated and recycled in accordance with the waste strategy to create —\n\n(a) processed materials; or\n\n(b) materials suitable to be used in energy recovery;\n\nsignificant entity means a business entity or a public entity that, in relation to any financial year —\n\n(a) has 200 or more employees at the beginning of the financial year; or\n\n(b) created, during the immediately preceding financial year, 5 or more tonnes of regulated e‑waste.\n\n##### 4. Aggregated waste\n\nAggregated waste is waste that is subjected to a process intended to provide for resource recovery by combining the same or similar materials, collected or obtained at any time, as part of a process associated with dealing with waste.\n\n##### 5. Related entities taken into account when determining whether business entity is significant entity\n\n(1) For the purpose of determining whether a business entity is a significant entity in relation to a financial year —\n\n(a) the number of employees of the business entity is taken to include the number of employees of any related entity to the business entity; and\n\n(b) the amount of regulated e‑waste (determined according to weight) created by the business entity is taken to include the amount of regulated e‑waste created by any related entity of the business entity.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), 2 or more entities are related entities if they are related bodies corporate under the *Corporations Act 2001* (Commonwealth) section 9.\n\n##### 6. Exceptions\n\nThese regulations do not apply to the disposal of —\n\n(a) regulated e‑waste that has been unintentionally captured after it has been placed in a kerbside or other similar bin; or\n\n(b) regulated e‑waste that has been mixed with other waste and is not known to be present with that other waste at the time of disposal; or\n\n(c) residual waste.\n\n##### 7. Other laws about hazardous waste\n\nIn the event of an inconsistency between these regulations and another written law that relates to the management or disposal of hazardous waste, the other written law prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.\n\n## Part 2 — Prohibition on disposal of e‑waste to landfill\n\n##### 8. E‑waste waste not to be disposed to landfill\n\n(1) An e‑waste service provider must not send regulated e‑waste to, or leave regulated e‑waste at, a landfill site.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(2) A significant entity must not send regulated e‑waste to, or leave regulated e‑waste at, a landfill site.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(3) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subregulation (1) or (2) to prove that the e‑waste provider or a significant entity that is a business entity (as the case may be) sent the regulated e‑waste to, or left the regulated e‑waste at, the landfill site in the reasonable expectation that the regulated e‑waste would be aggregated for the recovery of processed materials (either at the landfill site or at some other place).\n\n(4) A public entity is not in breach of subregulation (2) if the public entity sent the regulated e‑waste to, or left the regulated e‑waste at, a landfill site in the reasonable expectation that the regulated e‑waste would be aggregated for the recovery of processed materials (either at the landfill site or at some other place).\n\n(5) A landfill operator must not dispose of regulated e‑waste that has been accepted at a landfill site to landfill.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(6) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subregulation (5) to prove that the landfill operator —\n\n(a) obtained a written declaration, signed by the person who left the waste accepted at the landfill site, that the person had no reason to believe that the waste contained or was regulated e‑waste; or\n\n(b) did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that waste accepted at the landfill site contained or was regulated e‑waste.\n\n## Part 3 — Specific responsibilities\n\n### Division 1 — E‑waste service providers\n\n##### 9. Storage, treatment, processing and recycling\n\n(1) An e‑waste service provider must store regulated e‑waste only for the purposes of management, aggregation, treatment, processing, sorting, recycling or transfer.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(2) An e‑waste service provider must not store regulated e‑waste for more than 12 months after the month in which it is received by the provider.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(3) An e‑waste service provider must not, during the collection, storage or transportation of regulated e‑waste by the provider, do anything that would reduce the ability of the regulated e‑waste to be treated, processed or recycled.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(4) An e‑waste service provider must, to the extent that the provider undertakes the separation or recycling of regulated e‑waste, maximise the recovery of processed materials and minimise the amount of residual waste from the regulated e‑waste.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(5) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subregulation (2), (3) or (4) to prove that the e‑waste service provider took reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence.\n\n(6) In determining what constitutes reasonable steps for the purposes of subregulation (5), it is relevant to take into account Australian Standard AS 5377:2022 *Management of electrical and electronic equipment for re‑use or recycling* published by Standards Australia (as in force on the day on which these regulations are made).\n\n##### 10. Separation of waste\n\n(1) This regulation applies to regulated e‑waste collected or received by an e‑waste service provider that is mixed with other waste.\n\n(2) The e‑waste service provider must separate the regulated e‑waste from the other waste.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(3) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subregulation (2) to prove that the e‑waste service provider —\n\n(a) took reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence; or\n\n(b) did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that the regulated e‑waste was mixed with the other waste.\n\n##### 11. Records\n\n(1) This regulation applies to an e‑waste service provider required to hold a licence as defined in the EP Act section 3(1) in respect of premises used for the purpose of storing, treating or processing regulated e‑waste, whether or not a licence is in force.\n\n(2) The e‑waste service provider must record the following information for each financial year in connection with the provider’s business or undertaking —\n\n(a) a description of the regulated e‑waste using the categories of regulated e‑waste in Schedule 1 column 1;\n\n(b) the total weight of regulated e‑waste collected or received by the provider;\n\n(c) the types of separation and recycling of regulated e‑waste conducted by the provider and the weight of regulated e‑waste subject to each process;\n\n(d) the total weight of the processed materials and residual waste produced by the provider;\n\n(e) for each person to whom the provider transferred regulated e‑waste —\n\n(i) the name and address of the person; and\n\n(ii) the weight of regulated e‑waste transferred.\n\n(3) The e‑waste service provider must, not later than 1 October in each year, lodge with the CEO a return containing the information required to be recorded under subregulation (2) for the immediately preceding financial year.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(4) The return must be in a form approved by the CEO.\n\n### Division 2 — Significant entities\n\n##### 12. Storage and transfer requirements\n\n(1) A significant entity must keep regulated e‑waste resulting from its activities separate from other waste.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(2) A significant entity must not store regulated e‑waste resulting from its activities for more than 12 months after the month in which the waste results from the entity’s activities.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(3) A significant entity must not, during the storage or transportation of regulated e‑waste resulting from its activities, do anything that would reduce the ability of the regulated e‑waste to be treated, processed or recycled.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(4) A significant entity must transfer regulated e‑waste resulting from its activities to an e‑waste service provider.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(5) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subregulation (1), (2) or (3) for a significant entity that is a business entity to prove that the significant entity took reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence.\n\n(6) A public entity will not be in breach of subregulation (2), (3) or (4) if the public entity takes reasonable steps to avoid the breach.\n\n(7) In determining what constitutes reasonable steps for the purposes of subregulation (5) or (6), it is relevant to take into account Australian Standard AS 5377:2022 *Management of electrical and electronic equipment for re‑use or recycling* published by Standards Australia (as in force on the day on which these regulations are made).\n\n##### 13. Records\n\nA significant entity must, not later than 31 July in each year, record the following information for the immediately preceding financial year in connection with the significant entity’s activities —\n\n(a) a description of the regulated e‑waste resulting from its activities using the categories of regulated e‑waste in Schedule 1 column 1;\n\n(b) the total weight of regulated e‑waste resulting from its activities;\n\n(c) for each regulated e‑waste service provider to which the significant entity transferred regulated e‑waste — the name and address of the provider.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $10 000.\n\n### Division 3 — Landfill operators\n\n##### 14. Separation of waste\n\n(1) This regulation applies to regulated e‑waste received by a landfill operator that is mixed with other waste.\n\n(2) The landfill operator must separate the regulated e‑waste from the other waste.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(3) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subregulation (2) to prove that the landfill operator —\n\n(a) took reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence; or\n\n(b) did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that the regulated e‑waste was mixed with the other waste.\n\n### Division 4 — Record retention\n\n##### 15. Record retention\n\n(1) An e‑waste service provider or significant entity required to record information under this Part must retain the record for at least 5 years from the date on which it is created.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(2) An e‑waste service provider or significant entity required to record information under this Part must, on request by the CEO, give the CEO a copy of the record within the period specified by the CEO.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(3) The period specified by the CEO under subregulation (2) cannot be less than 28 days.\n\n## Part 4 — Exemptions\n\n##### 16. Exemption from requirements of regulations\n\n(1) An application under this regulation may be made by —\n\n(a) an e‑waste service provider; or\n\n(b) a landfill operator; or\n\n(c) a significant entity.\n\n(2) An application may be made to the CEO for an exemption from a requirement imposed on the applicant under these regulations on the ground that —\n\n(a) an event or circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have rendered regulated e‑waste unsuitable for processing or use for resource or energy recovery; or\n\n(b) it is unreasonable to expect the applicant to comply with the requirement because regulated e‑waste is in a remote location.\n\n(3) An application must —\n\n(a) be in a form approved by the CEO; and\n\n(b) include the reasons for the application; and\n\n(c) include, or be accompanied by, any other information specified by the CEO.\n\n(4) The CEO may, on the receipt of an application and any information required under subregulation (3), approve the application if satisfied that a circumstance referred to in subregulation (2) exists.\n\n(5) An exemption is subject to any conditions specified by the CEO when approving the application.\n\n(6) An exemption may be for a period determined by the CEO and the CEO may extend the period from time to time.\n\n(7) If the CEO decides to approve an application under this regulation, the CEO must, as soon as practicable, give the applicant a notice of the decision.\n\n(8) If the CEO decides not to approve an application under this regulation, the CEO must, as soon as practicable, give the applicant a notice of the decision stating the reasons for the decision.\n\n##### 17. Review\n\nIf the CEO decides not to approve an application for an exemption under regulation 16, the applicant may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review of the decision.\n\nSchedule 1 — Regulated e‑waste\n\n[r. 3]\n\n| **Column 1**<br>**Category of regulated e‑waste** | **Column 2**<br>**Type of waste** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Screens, information technology and telecommunications | Television screens and monitor screens, including —<br>(a) cathode ray tube televisions and monitors; and<br>(b) flat panel‑display televisions; and<br>(c) flat panel‑display monitors<br>Computers, including —<br>(a) desktop computers; and<br>(b) laptops and tablets<br>Machines that perform the functions of printing, copying, facsimile transmission or projection<br>Information technology equipment, including —<br>(a) networking equipment such as servers, routers, signal amplifiers and duplicators; and<br>(b) web cameras; and<br>(c) accounting machines; and<br>(d) cash registers; and<br>(e) postage franking machines, ticket issuing machines and other similar machines |\n|  | Computer peripherals, including —<br>(a) internal and external devices, and cables and cords, that support or perform the functions of —<br>(i) data input, output or transfer; and<br>(ii) data storage; and<br>(iii) processing (including central and graphics processing units;<br> and<br>(b) devices that allow input to control computers such as —<br>(i) keyboards; and<br>(ii) mice; and<br>(iii) joysticks and gamepads; and<br>(iv) controllers;<br> and<br>(c) devices, cables and cords that provide power to, or charge, computers; and<br>(d) typewriters, word‑processing machines, electronic calculators and other devices that perform functions typically able to be performed by computers<br>Telecommunications equipment, including — |\n|  | (a) mobile telephones and related batteries, chargers and accessories; and<br>(b) pagers; and<br>(c) base stations for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data; and<br>(d) transmission‑receive apparatus for televisions and radios; and<br>(e) cordless telephones and telephone sets; and<br>(f) telephone answering machines; and<br>(g) telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus |\n| Lighting and lamps | Compact fluorescent lamps<br>Straight tube fluorescent lamps<br>The following lamps commonly known as Special Lamps —<br>(a) mercury or sodium vapour lamps;<br>(b) high and low pressure sodium lamps;<br>(c) hot cathode fluorescent lamps;<br>(d) other lamps used by professionals or specialists, or in similar work<br>Light emitting diode (LED) lighting products<br>Portable lights and lamps<br>Household luminaires, including —<br>(a) ceiling lights (including chandeliers), wall lights and floor lights; and<br>(b) electric table, desk, bedside and floor lamps; and<br>(c) household incandescent light globes; and<br>(d) lighting sets of Christmas trees and displays; and<br>(e) bicycle lighting and signalling equipment |\n| Large appliances when used in a home, office or professional environment | Dishwashers<br>Ovens, furnaces, extraction equipment, range hoods and other similar cooking equipment<br>Washing machines and dryers, or a combination of both<br>Large dispensers such as non‑cooled vending machines, commercial coffee machines, coffee vending machines, ticket vending machines and other similar machines |\n| Batteries | All batteries |\n| Temperature exchange equipment when used in a home, office or professional environment | Compression‑type refrigerators<br>Absorption‑type refrigerators<br>Freezers (chest type or upright type)<br>Air conditioners (installed or portable)<br>Other cooling systems or equipment (including dehumidifiers and heat pump dryers)<br>Cooled dispensers for food or drinks<br>Heating and ventilation equipment |\n| Medical devices | Medical devices that would not, because of their shape or size, fit into a container measuring 50 cm x 50 cm x 50 cm |\n\n\n![]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-waste) Regulations 2024*. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Published** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-waste) Regulations 2024* | SL 2024/70 1 May 2024 | Pt. 1 (other than r. 3‑7): 1 May 2024 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than Pt. 1 (r. 1 and 2): 1 Jul 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\naggregated waste 3 and 4\n\nbusiness entity 3\n\ne-waste service provider 3\n\nlandfill operator 3\n\nlandfill site 3\n\nprocessed materials 3\n\npublic entity 3\n\nregulated e-waste 3\n\nresidual waste 3\n\nsignificant entity 3\n\n© State of Western Australia 2024.\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au.\n\nAttribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2024.\n\nBy Authority: GEOFF O. LAWN, Government Printer\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations appear tightly scoped to their original purpose of implementing an e-waste landfill ban. The coverage is comprehensive (covering all batteries, IT equipment, appliances, lighting and medical devices) but this breadth appears intentional rather than scope creep. The differential treatment of public vs private entities and the detailed record-keeping requirements are implementation mechanisms rather than expansion beyond the original policy intent."},"complexity_factors":["11 defined terms in the interpretation section (regulation 3), including nested definitions like 'business entity' excluding 'public entity' while 'significant entity' includes both","Multiple conditional defences using 'reasonable steps' standards that reference external Australian Standards (AS 5377:2022)","Differential treatment between business entities and public entities—businesses use 'reasonable steps' as a defence to prove innocence, while public entities simply 'will not be in breach' if they take reasonable steps (regulations 8(4), 12(5)-(6))","Cross-references to external legislation: Environmental Protection Regulations 1987 (Schedule 1 categories), Public Sector Management Act 1994, Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth), and the parent Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007","Threshold tests for 'significant entity' status requiring aggregation of related corporate groups under Corporations Act definitions (regulation 5)","Temporal storage limits calculated from 'the month in which it is received' rather than calendar years (regulations 9(2), 12(2))","Exemption process involving CEO discretion with administrative review to State Administrative Tribunal (regulations 16-17)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\nThese regulations ban throwing electronic waste (e-waste) into landfill in Western Australia. They create rules for three groups who handle e-waste: professional e-waste collectors/recyclers (called **e-waste service providers**), big businesses and government bodies (called **significant entities**), and landfill operators.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **E-waste service providers**: Companies that collect or process old electronics. They must store e-waste properly, keep it for no longer than 12 months, maximise recycling, and submit annual reports to the government.\n- **Significant entities**: Any business with 200+ employees OR that creates 5+ tonnes of e-waste per year, plus all government agencies. They must keep e-waste separate from other rubbish, store it for less than 12 months, and hand it to licensed e-waste service providers.\n- **Landfill operators**: Tips and dumps. They cannot accept e-waste if they know it's there, and must separate it out if they find it mixed with other waste.\n\n**What counts as e-waste:**\nSchedule 1 lists specific items including: TVs and computer screens, computers and laptops, printers, phones and chargers, all types of batteries, fridges and air conditioners, washing machines, dishwashers, fluorescent and LED lights, and medical devices over 50cm in size.\n\n**Penalties:**\nBreaking most rules carries a **$10,000 fine**.\n\n**Key exceptions:**\n- If e-waste accidentally ends up in household bins (unintentional capture)\n- If the waste is mixed in and nobody knew it was there\n- **Public entities** (government) get softer treatment—they don't breach rules if they take \"reasonable steps,\" while businesses must prove they took reasonable steps as a defence\n- The CEO can grant exemptions for remote locations or when waste is unsuitable for recycling\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis stops toxic materials (like batteries and fluorescent lamps) from leaching into soil and groundwater at landfill sites. It also pushes valuable materials (copper, gold, rare earths) back into reuse rather than burying them. Western Australia is catching up to other states that already have e-waste bans."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations implement specified prohibitions and duties under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery framework rather than amending the primary Act. They narrow operational scope by defining 'regulated e‑waste' (Schedule 1) and set compliance, reporting and exemption mechanisms (see r.3, r.8, Schedule 1, r.16). They do not, on their face, expand the Act’s statutory reach beyond creating targeted obligations for generators, handlers and landfill operators; other written laws regarding hazardous waste continue to prevail where inconsistent (r.7)."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple regulated actors and role‑specific duties (e‑waste service providers, significant entities, landfill operators) creating cross‑actor obligations and interactions (definitions and duties: r.3, r.8, r.9, r.12, r.14).","Definition of 'significant entity' hinges on headcount or weight thresholds (200+ employees or ≥5 tonnes in prior year), which requires intertemporal measurement and aggregation (r.3).","Related‑entity aggregation rule imports Corporations Act relationships for counting employees and e‑waste tonnage, complicating threshold calculations (r.5).","Wide set of mandatory duties with uniform monetary penalties ($10,000) for many breaches (storage limits, separation, transfer, records), raising compliance and enforcement stakes (r.8–r.15).","Defences based on taking 'reasonable steps' and a knowledge standard introduce fact‑intensive enquiries; the regulations point to Australian Standard AS 5377:2022 as relevant in assessing reasonableness (r.9(5)–(6), r.12(5)–(7), r.10(3), r.14(3)).","CEO discretion over approved return forms, exemption approval, conditions and durations, and timeframes for producing records creates administrative discretion and case‑by‑case variability (r.11(4), r.15(2)–(3), r.16(3)–(6)).","Interaction with other hazardous‑waste laws: an inconsistency rule gives other written laws priority to the extent inconsistent, creating potential regulatory overlap and legal uncertainty (r.7).","Detailed, broad product scope set out in Schedule 1 (many device categories, all batteries, lighting, appliances, medical devices) increases compliance burden in identifying regulated items (Schedule 1).","Differing reporting and retention deadlines for various actors (e‑waste providers due 1 October; significant entities due 31 July; records retained 5 years) complicate administrative calendars (r.11(3), r.13, r.15(1)).","Exceptions and defences for inadvertent capture, mixed waste, aggregation expectations, and landfill operator knowledge create evidentiary issues for both regulators and regulated parties (r.6, r.8(3)–(6), r.14(3))."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations ban sending specified electronic waste to landfill and impose duties on e‑waste service providers, “significant entities” and landfill operators: keep e‑waste separate, limit storage time, transfer to authorised handlers, and keep annual records. They create civil penalties and an exemption regime. The rules affect businesses and public bodies that generate, collect or process electronic goods, creating compliance, reporting and disposal‑costs while giving the CEO limited discretion over forms and exemptions."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess whether the scope of the regulations changed from the original intent, as no legislative content was available for review. The document could not be retrieved from the provided URL."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the page returned a 'no longer available' error message rather than the actual regulations","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without access to the document text","Score of 1 reflects the absence of content to analyse, not the inherent simplicity of the subject matter"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content could be retrieved.**\n\nThe page for the *Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-waste) Regulations 2024* (Western Australia) is no longer available at the provided web address. The Western Australian legislation website has undergone system upgrades, causing some page links to change or break.\n\n**What this means for you:** The actual rules and requirements of these e-waste regulations — which would likely govern how electronic waste (old phones, computers, TVs, etc.) must be disposed of, recycled, or managed in Western Australia — cannot be summarised because the document text was not accessible.\n\n**What you can do:**\n- Visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for the regulations directly using the menu\n- Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk for assistance locating the document"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-e-waste-regulations-2024","history":"/api/acts/waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-e-waste-regulations-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-e-waste-regulations-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-e-waste-regulations-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-e-waste-regulations-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/waste-avoidance-and-resource-recovery-e-waste-regulations-2024/documents"}}