50Issue of consignment authorisations

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.

(2) A consignment authorisation is to be in the approved form and (subject to subclause (4)(b)) may be issued subject to conditions.

(3) A consignment authorisation may authorise—

(a) the transportation of one or more loads of waste, and

(b) the transportation of waste from one or more premises to a single waste facility.

(4) A receiver of waste must not issue a consignment authorisation unless the authorisation—

(a) is in the approved form, and

(b) is issued in accordance with an approval granted to the receiver by the EPA under this Division, and

(c) is issued to a consignor of waste, and

(d) only authorises the transportation of the waste to a waste facility occupied by the receiver, and

(e) is only issued for the transportation of waste that the receiver can lawfully accept at that waste facility.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 100 penalty units in the case of an individual.

(5) A consignment authorisation has effect for the period (not exceeding 12 months after the date of its issue) specified in the consignment authorisation.

(6) A consignment authorisation may be revoked for any reason by the EPA or by a receiver of waste who issued it.

(7) A revocation of a consignment authorisation is effected by notice in writing given to the relevant consignor of waste.

cl 50: Am 2017 (118), Sch 3 [11].