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#### 50 Issue of consignment authorisations
50 Issue of consignment authorisations
(cf clause 29 of 2005 Reg)
> > (1) The EPA, or a receiver of waste who is approved under this Division by the EPA, may issue a consignment authorisation to a consignor of waste authorising the transportation of waste to a waste facility in New South Wales.
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> > (2) A consignment authorisation is to be in the approved form and (subject to subclause (4)(b)) may be issued subject to conditions.
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> > (3) A consignment authorisation may authorise—
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> > > (a) the transportation of one or more loads of waste, and
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> > > (b) the transportation of waste from one or more premises to a single waste facility.
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> > (4) A receiver of waste must not issue a consignment authorisation unless the authorisation—
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> > > (a) is in the approved form, and
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> > > (b) is issued in accordance with an approval granted to the receiver by the EPA under this Division, and
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> > > (c) is issued to a consignor of waste, and
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> > > (d) only authorises the transportation of the waste to a waste facility occupied by the receiver, and
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> > > (e) is only issued for the transportation of waste that the receiver can lawfully accept at that waste facility.
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> > Maximum penalty—200 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 100 penalty units in the case of an individual.
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> > (5) A consignment authorisation has effect for the period (not exceeding 12 months after the date of its issue) specified in the consignment authorisation.
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> > (6) A consignment authorisation may be revoked for any reason by the EPA or by a receiver of waste who issued it.
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> > (7) A revocation of a consignment authorisation is effected by notice in writing given to the relevant consignor of waste.
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> **cl 50:** Am 2017 (118), Sch 3 \[11\].