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Environmental Protection Regulation 2019
sec.51Generator must notify and report changes
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### sec.51 Generator must notify and report changes
This section applies if—
on the retesting of general waste under division 2 , the waste becomes regulated waste; or
on the retesting of category 2 regulated waste under division 2 , the waste becomes category 1 regulated waste.
The generator of the waste must notify the administering authority of the change within 24 hours after receiving the test results for the retesting.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Within 10 business days after receiving the test results for the retesting of the waste, the generator of the waste must give the administering authority a written report stating—
the test results for the retesting; and
the results of testing last carried out for the waste under division 2 before the test results mentioned in paragraph (a) were received; and
the results of any further testing of the waste to confirm the test results mentioned in paragraph (a) ; and
if a load of the waste is being transported at the time of the change—details of the load, including the volume and destination of the load; and
the action, if any, the generator proposes to take as a result of the change.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
A notice or report given by the generator under this section is not admissible in evidence against the generator in a prosecution for an offence against the Act .
Subsection (4) does not prevent other evidence obtained because of the notice or report, or the giving of the notice or report, being admitted in any legal proceeding against the generator.
(sec.51-ssec.1) This section applies if— on the retesting of general waste under division 2 , the waste becomes regulated waste; or on the retesting of category 2 regulated waste under division 2 , the waste becomes category 1 regulated waste.
(sec.51-ssec.2) The generator of the waste must notify the administering authority of the change within 24 hours after receiving the test results for the retesting. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.51-ssec.3) Within 10 business days after receiving the test results for the retesting of the waste, the generator of the waste must give the administering authority a written report stating— the test results for the retesting; and the results of testing last carried out for the waste under division 2 before the test results mentioned in paragraph (a) were received; and the results of any further testing of the waste to confirm the test results mentioned in paragraph (a) ; and if a load of the waste is being transported at the time of the change—details of the load, including the volume and destination of the load; and the action, if any, the generator proposes to take as a result of the change. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.51-ssec.4) A notice or report given by the generator under this section is not admissible in evidence against the generator in a prosecution for an offence against the Act .
(sec.51-ssec.5) Subsection (4) does not prevent other evidence obtained because of the notice or report, or the giving of the notice or report, being admitted in any legal proceeding against the generator.
- (a) on the retesting of general waste under division 2 , the waste becomes regulated waste; or
- (b) on the retesting of category 2 regulated waste under division 2 , the waste becomes category 1 regulated waste.
- (a) the test results for the retesting; and
- (b) the results of testing last carried out for the waste under division 2 before the test results mentioned in paragraph (a) were received; and
- (c) the results of any further testing of the waste to confirm the test results mentioned in paragraph (a) ; and
- (d) if a load of the waste is being transported at the time of the change—details of the load, including the volume and destination of the load; and
- (e) the action, if any, the generator proposes to take as a result of the change.