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15The *Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008* r. 24 reads as follows:
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15 The *Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008* r. 24 reads as follows:
24. Transitional provision — Waste Management and Recycling Fund
The *Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007* Schedule 5 clause 6 prevails to the extent that there is an inconsistency between that provision and Part VIIA Division 2 of the EP Act.
16 The *Planning and Development Amendment Act 2020* s. 71 will not come into operation because the definition it sought to amend was deleted by the *Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2020* s. 55(1)(b).
17 The *Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2020* the 2nd and 4th rows in the Table to s. 112 will not come into operation because they were deleted by the *Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2020* s. 2(3) and (4).
Defined terms
*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*
**Defined term Provision(s)**
Account 110A
agreement to reserve 51A
amended EP Act 133(1)
amending Act 129, 133A, 133Q
amendment day 133T(1), 133U(1), 133V(1), 133W(1)
analysis 3(1)
analyst 3(1)
appeals committee 3(1)
Appeals Convenor 3(1)
applicant 3(1)
approved 88(6), 122B(1)
approved policy 3(1)
approved proposal 3(1)
area 51DA(4)
area permit 51A, 51E(7)
assessed proposal 44A
assessed scheme 3(1)
assessment report 44(1)
authorisation 50D(1), 68A(1), 86A, Sch. 2
authorised person 3(1)
Authority 3(1)
Authority member 3(1)
beneficial use 3(1)
bilateral agreement 124A
bilateral matter 124A
biodiversity Sch. 5 cl. 2
books 3(1)
capture 116B(2)
captured 116B(1)
CEO 3(1)
Chair 3(1)
clearing 3(1), 51A
clearing decision 51F(1)
clearing injunction 51S(2), 133D(1)
clearing matter 51O(1)
clearing permit 3(1)
clearing principles 51A
closure notice 2(1), 68A(2)
commencement 133C(1), 133D(1), 133E, 133M(2), (3), (5) and (7), 133N(1)
commencement condition 47A(2)
Commissioner 51D(1)
committee of inquiry 3(1)
Commonwealth Environment Act 3(1)
compliance period 38F(2)
condition 3(1), 48H(1)
conduct affecting the environment 50D(1)
conduct injunction 133D(1)
conservation area Sch. 5 cl. 2
conservation covenant 51A
consolidated proposal 45D(1)
contaminated 3(1)
contaminated sites auditor 3(1)
contravention 51S(1)
convicted 99T
corporation 51R(7), 55(3), 58(4)
court 51S(1)
damage costs 3A(3)
decision 51O(1)
decision date 134(1)
decision-making authority 3(1)
deemed referral 133C(2)
delegate 18(1), 19(1), 20(1)
Department 3(1)
Deputy Chair 3(1)
designated area 57(5)
designated person 99H
detrimental action 111A(3)
development approval 3(1)
discharge 3(1)
DMA decision 44A
documentation 122B(1)
draft policy 3(1), 31
driver 2(1)
ecological community 3(1)
ecosystem health condition 3(1)
effective day 21A
emission 3(1)
environment 3(1)
environmental harm 3(1), 3A(2)
environmentally sensitive area 51A
environmental monitoring programme 3(1)
environmental protection covenant 3(1)
environmental protection notice 3(1), 64A(1)
environmental undertaking 3(1)
environmental value 3(1)
equipment 3(1)
establish 51I(4)
existing Act 133E
existing appeal 133W(1)
existing application 133C(1), 133D(1), 133H(1), 133I(1), 133J(1)
existing authorisation 61(3)
existing Authority member 133T(1)
expectation statement 21A
fauna Sch. 5 cl. 2
fee Sch. 2
final approval 3(1)
financial assurance requirement 86A
first notice 28(1), 32(1)
former EP Act 130(1), 131(1), 132(1)
former provisions 133E
former section 133B(1)
fuel burning equipment 3(1)
give 51I(4)
ground of invalidity 134(1)
guidelines 124A
image 116B(1)
image data source 116B(1)
implementation agreement or decision 44A
implementation conditions 3(1), 44A, 48EA
implementation issue 44A, 48EA
improper conduct 51S(1)
improvement scheme 2(1)
industrial plant 3(1)
infringement notice offence 99H
inspector 3(1)
interest 51N(1)
involvement in a contravention 51S(1)
key decision 44A
levy 110A
licence 3(1), 133G(1), 133J(1), 138
licensee 3(1)
local planning scheme 3(1)
making authority 44A
material environmental harm 3(1), 3A(2)
materials 3(1)
matter 14A(1)
Minister for Lands 121A(1)
Ministerial statement 3(1)
Minister (Water Resources) 57(5)
minor or preliminary work 3(1), 41A(4)
misbehaviour Sch. 7 cl. 3(3)
monetary benefits 99Z(2)
monitoring programme 3(1)
motor vehicle 3(1)
native vegetation 3(1), 51A
NEPM 3(1)
new licence 133E
new occupier 60(1)
new owner 51N(1)
new provisions 133E
new section 133B(1)
noise 3(1)
notice 73B(1)
occupier 3(1), 51A
official document 116B(1)
other land 45A(2), 51I(4)
owner 3(1), 51A
pending appeal 133K(1), 133L(1)
period of public review 3(1)
person 3(1)
place 49A(1)
planning code 3(1)
planning instrument 3(1)
plantation 3(1)
pollution 3(1), 3A(1)
practicable 3(1)
practicable means 3(1)
premises 3(1), 61(1)
prescribed 3(1)
prescribed offence 99AA
prescribed premises 3(1)
prevention notice 3(1), 73A(1)
previous office Sch. 7 cl. 4(1)
principal offence 99S
proponent 3(1)
proposal 3(1)
proposal of a prescribed class 37B(1)
proposal under an assessed scheme 3(1)
proposed action 51M(2)
proposed amendment 51KB(1)
proposed change 133M(3) and (5)
protection 3(1)
publication day 133O(1), 133S(1)
public authority 3(1)
public place 3(1)
public review 48C(7)
publish 122B(1)
purpose permit 51A, 51E(8)
referral 133M(1)
referred proposal 3(1)
referrer 51DA(2)
region planning scheme 3(1)
Registrar of Deeds and Transfers 3(1)
Registrar of Titles 3(1)
regulation 5DA(3) 138
regulation 5DA(5) 138
regulations 3(1), 133B(1)
relevant Act Sch. 4
relevant day 61(2)
relevant licence 141(1)
relevant NEPM 72(5)
relevant premises 55(1), 68A(1), 141(1)
relevant scheme 48AAA(1)
relevant time 141(1)
remotely sensed image 116B(1)
repealed Act 3(1)
required action 70(4A)
requisition 38F(2)
reserve 3(1)
responsible authority 3(1)
responsible Minister 3(1)
responsible person 86A
restricted decision 41(1A)
road 3(1)
scheme 3(1), 48EA
scheme Act 3(1)
section 38E declaration 45B(1)
section 39 133M(7)
sell 3(1)
separate proposals 45D(1)
serious environmental harm 3(1), 3A(2)
significant amendment 3(1)
significant proposal 37B(1)
SLC Act 51A
soil conservation notice 51A
specified 6(10), 45A(2), 51I(4), 62A(4), 65(8), 68A(1), 70(1), 71(6), 133O(1), 133S(1), Sch. 2
specified decision 133L(1)
State entity 124A
State planning policy 3(1)
strategic assessment 38E(1)
strategic proposal 37B(1) and (2)
subdivision 3(2a)
subject land 45A(2)
submit 122B(1)
subsidiary 51R(7), 55(3), 58(4)
The Wilderness Society v Minister for Environment 134(1)
threatened ecological community Sch. 5 cl. 2
threatened flora Sch. 5 cl. 1
threshold amount 3A(3)
Tier 1 offence 3(1)
Tier 2 offence 3(1)
Tier 3 offence 3(1)
trade 3(1)
transitional matter 133O(1), 133S(1)
transitional regulations 133Q
unlawful clearing 70(1)
unreasonable emission 49(1)
unreasonable noise 3(1)
validated thing 136(4)
validation day 138
vegetation conservation notice 3(1), 70(2)
vehicle 3(1)
vessel 3(1)
waste 3(1)
watercourse 70(1), Sch. 5 cl. 2
waters 3(1)
Western Australian Planning Commission 3(1)
wetland 70(1), Sch. 5 cl. 2
works approval 3(1), 133F(1), 133I(1)
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