15.1 Forms and fees and applications for exemption by the Head, Recycling Victoria under Division 2 of Part 2.
16 Show cause notices
16.1 Prescribing periods of time for the purposes of show cause notices.
17 Infringement offences
17.1 Prescribing infringement offences and penalties.
17.2 Prescribing authorised officers who may issue infringement notices.
18 Authorised officers
18.1 Prescribing conditions or limitations for the appointment of authorised officers.
19 Auditors
19.1 Prescribing the functions of auditors.
19.2 Regulating the conduct and oversight of auditors.
19.3 Regulating the carrying out of audits.
19.4 Prescribing persons or classes of persons who may be appointed as auditors.
19.5 Prescribing conditions and limitations for the appointment of auditors.
19.6 Prescribing matters relating to the variation, suspension or revocation of appointments of auditors.
20 Proceedings
Sch. 1 item 20.1 amended by No. 36/2022 s. 24(2).
20.1 Prescribing persons or classes of person who may commence a proceeding for an offence against a provision of this Act or the regulations.
Sch. 1 item 21 inserted by No. 36/2022 s. 24(3).
21 Guidelines, methods or protocols for determining monetary benefit
21.1 Prescribing a guideline, method or protocol for the purposes of Division 9A of Part 7.
Sch. 1 item 22 inserted by No. 36/2022 s. 24(3).
22 Victorian Recycling Infrastructure Plan
22.1 Matters to be included in a VRIP.
22.2 Matters to be considered in preparing a draft VRIP or draft amendments to a VRIP.
22.3 Persons and bodies to be consulted after preparation of a draft VRIP or draft amendments to a VRIP.
22.4 The process for consultation after preparation of a draft VRIP or draft amendments to a VRIP.
22.5 Documents or information to accompany a draft VRIP or draft amendments to a VRIP for approval.
22.6 Reporting, monitoring and evaluation requirements with respect to a VRIP.
22.7 Matters to be considered in conducting a review of an approved VRIP.
22.8 The process for conducting a review of an approved VRIP.
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 28 October 2021
Legislative Council: 19 November 2021
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to introduce a circular economy in Victoria, to provide for the Head, Recycling Victoria, to provide for a regulatory framework for waste, recycling or resource recovery services, to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts and for other purposes."
The Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 was assented to on 14 December 2021 and came into operation as follows:
Sections 1–37, 50–60, 62–73, 114–198, 200–207, 209–212 on 1 July 2022: Special Gazette (No. 285) 7 June 2022 page 1; sections 75–86, 89–97, 99, 103, 104, 111–113 on 27 September 2022: Special Gazette (No. 506) 27 September 2022 page 1; section 98 on 1 March 2023: Special Gazette (No. 506) 27 September 2022 page 1; sections 87, 88, 100–102, 105–110 on 1 November 2023: Special Gazette (No. 563) 24 October 2023 page 1; sections 38–49, 61, 74 on 1 December 2023: section 2(2).
Sections 199, 208 never proclaimed, repealed on 7 September 2022 by sections 22 and 23 of the Environment Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Act 2022, No. 36/2022.
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021, No. 55/2021
| Assent Date: | 14.12.21 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 191(5), 212 on 1.7.22: Special Gazette (No. 285) 7.6.22 p. 1 |
| Note: | S. 212 repealed Pt 10 (ss 192–212) on 1.7.23; s. 191(5) repealed s. 191 on 1.7.24 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 |
| Assent Date: | 16.3.22 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 23–33 on 1.10.22: Special Gazette (No. 371) 26.7.22 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 |
Environment Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Act 2022, No. 36/2022
| Assent Date: | 6.9.22 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 22, 23 on 7.9.22: s. 2(3)(a); ss 3–21, 24 on 1.6.23: s. 2(5) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 |
Environment Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Act 2023, No. 35/2023
| Assent Date: | 28.11.23 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3−30 on 29.11.23: s. 2(1) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 |
| Assent Date: | 20.5.25 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 12 on 21.5.25: s. 2(1) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2025, No. 41/2025
| Assent Date: | 21.10.25 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3(Sch. 1 item 10), 4(Sch. 2 item 4) on 22.10.25: s. 2 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 |