65What is priority waste?

65 What is priority waste?

(1) For the purposes of section 138 of the Act, the following types of waste are prescribed to be priority waste—

(a) industrial waste that is classified as priority waste under regulation 61 or 62;

(b) industrial waste that, had it been classified under regulation 61 or 62, would be classified as priority waste.

Reg. 65(2) revoked by S.R. No. 115/2023 reg. 11.

66 Classification of priority waste as reportable priority waste in accordance with the Waste Classification Assessment Protocol

(1) This regulation is subject to regulations 67 and 68.

(2) For the purposes of section 139(1) of the Act, a person who has the management or control of priority waste must, before relinquishing management or control of the priority waste to another person for the purposes of transporting the priority waste, classify the priority waste in accordance with this regulation.

(3) The person must classify the priority waste as reportable priority waste (transactions) if—

(a) the priority waste is specified as—

(i) priority waste in column 6 of the Table in Schedule 5; and

(ii) "Pre-classified" in column 5 of that Table; and

(iii) reportable priority waste (transactions) in column 7 of that Table; or

(b) more than one description of priority waste in column 3 of that Table applies to the priority waste and the priority waste is specified as—

(i) priority waste in column 6 of that Table; and

(ii) reportable priority waste (transactions) in column 7 of that Table in relation to any applicable description of the priority waste.

(4) The person must classify the priority waste as reportable priority waste (transport) if—

(a) the priority waste is specified as—

(i) priority waste in column 6 of the Table in Schedule 5; and

(ii) "Pre-classified" in column 5 of that Table; and

(iii) reportable priority waste (transport) in column 8 of that Table; or

(b) more than one description of priority waste in column 3 of that Table applies to the priority waste and the priority waste is specified as—

(i) priority waste in column 6 of that Table; and

(ii) reportable priority waste (transport) in column 8 of that Table in relation to any applicable description of the priority waste.

(5) If the priority waste is specified as priority waste in column 6 of the Table in Schedule 5 and as a "Mirror code" in column 5 of that Table, the person must classify the priority waste in accordance with—