13Council may make national environment protection

13 Council may make national environment protection (1) The council may, in writing, make a measure, to be known as a national environment protection measure that relates to any 1 or more of the following: (a) ambient air quality; (b) ambient marine, estuarine and freshwater quality; (c) the protection of amenity in relation to noise (but only if differences in environmental requirements relating to noise would have an adverse effect on national markets for goods and services); (d) general guidelines for the assessment of site contamination; (e) environment impacts associated with hazardous wastes; (f) the reuse and recycling of used materials; (g) except as provided in subsection (2), motor vehicle noise and emissions. (2) Noise and emission standards relating to the design construction and technical characteristics of new and in-service motor vehicles may only— (a) be developed and agreed in conjunction with the National Transport Commission; and (b) be determined in accordance with the National Transport Commission Act 2003 (Cwlth) and, if appropriate, the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (Cwlth). (3) National environment protection measures must each comprise any 1 or more of the following: (a) a national environment protection standard; (b) a national environment protection goal; (c) a national environment protection guideline; (d) a national environment protection protocol. (4) An instrument under section 13 (1) is a notifiable instrument. (5) In this section: National Transport Commission—see the National Transport Commission Act 2003 (Cwlth), section 5.