21Certain types of waste exempted from calculation of contributions

21 Certain types of waste exempted from calculation of contributions

21 Certain types of waste exempted from calculation of contributions

(cf clause 10(1) of 2005 Reg)

Note.

An exemption from the requirement to pay contributions under section 88 of the Act may also be granted by the EPA under Part 9 in relation to certain types of waste.

(1) The following types of waste received at a scheduled waste disposal facility are exempted from the calculation of the contribution payable under section 88 of the Act for each tonne of that waste received at the waste facility—

(a) any spoil generated by dredging activities,

(b) any waste—

(i) collected in accordance with a community service or activity, or arising from a biological outbreak or natural disaster, and

(ii) approved by the EPA in writing for the purposes of this clause,

(c) any waste that is wholly or predominantly comprised of whale carcasses.

(1A) Any waste received at a Community Recycling Centre is exempted from the calculation of the contribution payable under section 88 of the Act.

(2) Waste is not exempt under this clause from the calculation of the contribution payable by the occupier of a scheduled waste facility if the occupier fails to comply with any requirement under Division 1 of Part 3 with respect to the waste.

(3) For the purposes of this clause, Community Recycling Centre means a centre that is nominated as such by the EPA in the Gazette and is part of a scheduled waste facility (but not a scheduled waste disposal facility).

cl 21: Am 2014 (667), Sch 1 [7]; 2017 (118), Sch 3 [5] [6]; 2020 (645), Sch 1[1].