Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014
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68 Information to be provided to EPA
68 Information to be provided to EPA
(1) A consignor of waste must cause the following information to be given to the EPA (by using the EPA’s online waste tracking system) within 3 days after the transportation of the waste commences—
(a) the name, address and contact details of the consignor,
(b) the name, address and contact details of the premises from which the waste is transported (if different from the name, address and contact details referred to in paragraph (a)),
(c) the date on which the waste is transported from the waste facility or other premises concerned,
(d) the name, address and contact details of the transporter,
(e) the mode of transportation,
(f) if the vehicle used to transport the waste is a motor vehicle—the registration number of the vehicle (as advised to the consignor by the transporter),
(g) the name and address of the interstate waste facility to which the waste is transported,
(h) the type and amount of waste (in tonnes).
(2) The consignor must, within 3 days after the transportation commences, give to the transporter of the waste the identifying particulars for the load of waste concerned.
(3) A transporter of waste must give written notice to the EPA, within 4 days after the transportation of the waste commences, if the consignor has failed to give the transporter the identifying particulars for the load of waste concerned.
(4) A reference in this clause to the EPA’s online waste tracking system is a reference to the online waste tracking system operated by the EPA and approved by it, for the purposes of this clause, from time to time.
(5) In this clause—
identifying particulars for a load of waste means identifying particulars for the load that are allocated by the EPA’s online waste tracking system.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 100 penalty units in the case of an individual.