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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sch.1-sec.3Nuisance regulated by other laws
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### sch.1-sec.3 Nuisance regulated by other laws
Environmental nuisance caused by any of the following—
an act or omission that is a contravention of a local law;
an act done, or omission made, under an authority given under a local law;
noise to which the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , chapter 19 , part 3 applies;
an emission of a contaminant at a workplace, within the meaning given by the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 , section 8 , that does not extend beyond the workplace;
a public health risk within the meaning given by the Public Health Act 2005 , section 11 ;
development carried out under any of the following approvals or certificates, if the approval or certificate authorises the environmental nuisance—
a development approval;
a PDA development approval under the Economic Development Act 2012 ;
an exemption certificate under the Planning Act ;
a PDA exemption certificate under the Economic Development Act 2012 ;
development carried out, or the use of premises, under a designation made under the Planning Act by the Minister who administers chapter 2 , part 5 of that Act, to the extent the environmental nuisance, or an activity that causes the environmental nuisance, is regulated by a requirement of the designation;
the use, for a fireworks display, of explosives within the meaning given by the Explosives Act 1999 ;
smoking within the meaning given by the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 ;
noise from a special event prescribed under a regulation for the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001 , section 30A that complies with any conditions prescribed under the regulation, for the use of the facility where the event takes place, about noise levels for the event;
an act done or omission made under an approved compliance management plan under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , section 477G .
See the Economic Development Act 2012 , section 54 (7) in relation to by-laws made under that Act that are taken, for paragraphs (a) and (b), to be local laws.
See also the Major Events Act 2014 , section 79 for an exemption from this Act for light and noise.
sch 1 s 3 ins 2008 No. 52 s 66 (amd 2008 No. 65 s 9 )
amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2011 No. 12 s 22 ; 2011 No. 18 s 404 s ch 4 pt 1 ; 2014 No. 60 s 94 ; 2016 No. 27 s 226 ; 2019 No. 11 ss 110, 111, 231 s ch 1 pt 1 ; 2022 No. 1 s 9
- (a) an act or omission that is a contravention of a local law;
- (b) an act done, or omission made, under an authority given under a local law;
- (c) noise to which the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , chapter 19 , part 3 applies;
- (d) an emission of a contaminant at a workplace, within the meaning given by the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 , section 8 , that does not extend beyond the workplace;
- (e) a public health risk within the meaning given by the Public Health Act 2005 , section 11 ;
- (f) development carried out under any of the following approvals or certificates, if the approval or certificate authorises the environmental nuisance— (i) a development approval; (ii) a PDA development approval under the Economic Development Act 2012 ; (iii) an exemption certificate under the Planning Act ; (iv) a PDA exemption certificate under the Economic Development Act 2012 ;
- (i) a development approval;
- (ii) a PDA development approval under the Economic Development Act 2012 ;
- (iii) an exemption certificate under the Planning Act ;
- (iv) a PDA exemption certificate under the Economic Development Act 2012 ;
- (g) development carried out, or the use of premises, under a designation made under the Planning Act by the Minister who administers chapter 2 , part 5 of that Act, to the extent the environmental nuisance, or an activity that causes the environmental nuisance, is regulated by a requirement of the designation;
- (h) the use, for a fireworks display, of explosives within the meaning given by the Explosives Act 1999 ;
- (i) smoking within the meaning given by the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 ;
- (j) noise from a special event prescribed under a regulation for the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001 , section 30A that complies with any conditions prescribed under the regulation, for the use of the facility where the event takes place, about noise levels for the event;
- (k) an act done or omission made under an approved compliance management plan under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , section 477G .
- (i) a development approval;
- (ii) a PDA development approval under the Economic Development Act 2012 ;
- (iii) an exemption certificate under the Planning Act ;
- (iv) a PDA exemption certificate under the Economic Development Act 2012 ;
- 1 See the Economic Development Act 2012 , section 54 (7) in relation to by-laws made under that Act that are taken, for paragraphs (a) and (b), to be local laws.
- 2 See also the Major Events Act 2014 , section 79 for an exemption from this Act for light and noise.