3156GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3 June 2022

3156 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3 June 2022 These regulations amend the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987. 4. Regulation 4 amended (1) In regulation 4(5) delete “5D(5),”. (2) In regulation 4(5) in the Table delete: On and from 1 July 2018 40.60 30 June 2022 40.60 On and from 1 July 2022 43.45 (3) In regulation 4(6) in the Table delete: On and from 1 July 2018 40.60 30 June 2022 40.60 On and from 1 July 2022 43.45 (4) In regulation 4(7) in the Table delete: On and from 1 July 2018 56.80 30 June 2022 56.80 On and from 1 July 2022 62.50 5. Regulation 5BB amended In regulation 5BB delete “$6.80” and insert: $13.60

3 June 2022 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3157 6. Regulation 5CA amended In regulation 5CA delete “5C(1)” and insert: 5BA(1) 7. Regulation 5D amended Delete regulation 5D(5). EV302 Environmental Protection Act 1986 Environmental Protection Regulations Amendment (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) SL 2022/64 These regulations are the Environmental Protection Regulations Amendment (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2022. published in the Gazette (gazettal day); (b) Part 3 — on 1 July 2022; (c) Part 4 — on 1 October 2022; (d) the rest of the regulations — on the day after gazettal day.

3158 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3 June 2022 Part 2 — Amendments commencing on day after gazettal Division 1 — Environmental Protection Regulations Amendment (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2021 amended This Division amends the Environmental Protection Regulations Amendment (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2021. 4. Regulation 2 amended In regulation 2: (a) in paragraph (b) delete “2022;” and insert: 2022. (b) delete paragraphs (c) and (d). 5. Parts 3 and 4 deleted Delete Parts 3 and 4. Division 2 — Environmental Protection (Prohibited Plastics) Regulations 2018 amended 6. Regulations amended This Division amends the Environmental Protection (Prohibited Plastics) Regulations 2018. 7. Regulation 3 amended In regulation 3 delete the definition of plastic and insert: plastic — (a) means a material consisting of a polymer, to which additives or other substances may have been added, which can function as a main structural component of final products; and (b) includes expanded polystyrene; but (c) does not include a material consisting of natural polymers that have not been chemically modified;

3 June 2022 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3159 8. Regulation 6 replaced Delete regulation 6 and insert: 6. Reference to prescribed plastic bag before Balloons) Regulations 2022 Pt. 3 Before 1 July 2022, a reference in regulation 5 to a prescribed plastic bag is a reference to a bag that will be a prescribed plastic bag for the purposes of these regulations immediately after the Environmental Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2022 Part 3 comes 9. Regulation 8 replaced Delete regulation 8 and insert: 8. Reference to prescribed plastic item before Balloons) Regulations 2022 Pt. 4 Before 1 July 2022, a reference in regulation 7 to a prescribed plastic item is a reference to an item that will be a prescribed plastic item for the purposes of these regulations immediately after the Environmental Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2022 Part 4 comes 10. Part 5 inserted After Part 3 insert: Part 5 — Exemptions 19. Terms used In this Part — Department’s website means a website maintained by or on behalf of the Department;