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In this Act:
> accredited voluntary arrangement: see subsection 70(1).
> accrediting authority: see paragraph 70(3)(c).
> administrator:
(a) of a voluntary arrangement: see paragraph 71(c); and
(b) of a co‑regulatory arrangement: see paragraph 85(3)(e).
> affected: for when a person is affected by a reviewable decision, see section 151.
> approved auditor means a person approved under subsection 116(1) to conduct audits.
> approved co‑regulatory arrangement: see section 78.
> artistic work has the same meaning as in the Copyright Act 1968.
> associate: see section 11.
> auditor means:
(a) an approved auditor; or
(b) a Commonwealth authorised officer; or
(c) a State or Territory authorised officer.
> Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
> Australian law means a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory.
> authorised government enforcement officer means a Commonwealth authorised officer, or a State or Territory authorised officer, who satisfies the requirements determined under section 129.
> authorised officer means a person who is authorised under section 125 to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.
> child has a meaning affected by subsection 11(2).
> civil penalty order has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
> civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
> Commonwealth authorised officer means an authorised officer who is an officer or employee of the Commonwealth, or an authority of the Commonwealth.
> constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
> constitutional trade or commerce means trade or commerce:
(a) between Australia and a place outside Australia; or
(b) among the States; or
(c) between a State and a Territory; or
(d) between 2 Territories.
> conveyance means:
(a) an aircraft; or
(b) a vessel.
> de facto partner of a person has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
> distribute includes sell and supply, whether for consideration or not.
> engage in conduct means:
(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to perform an act.
> entered for export: see section 12.
> expiry date, for an export licence: see subsection 37(4).
> export means export from Australia.
> export business means a business that carries out export operations in relation to a kind of waste material.
export declaration means a written declaration of an intention to export regulated waste material that complies with section 19.
> export licence means an export licence granted under Part 4 of Chapter 2.
> export operations: see section 13.
> Finance Minister means the Minister administering the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
> improvement notice means a notice given under section 88.
> intellectual property rights: see section 74.
> liable party in relation to a product: see section 77.
> life cycle of a product includes:
(a) the time when the product begins to be manufactured; and
(b) the time when the product is waste.
> Minister’s priority list: see section 67.
> parent has a meaning affected by subsection 11(4).
> prescribed export conditions means conditions prescribed by rules made for the purposes of section 18.
> prescribed law means:
(a) a law (other than this Act) that is administered by the Minister; or
(b) an Australian law that is prescribed by the rules.
> product means a thing (including a substance or mixture of substances) that is:
(a) manufactured; or
(b) prescribed by the rules;
and includes a class of such things.
> product return payment: see subsection 92(8).
> product stewardship criteria: see section 14.
> product stewardship logo: see section 73.
> prospective liable party: see subsection 89(1).
> protected information: see subsection 148(3).
> recover includes recover resources, material or energy from products, waste from products or waste material.
> regulated waste material: see section 17.
> Regulatory Powers Act means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.
> related body corporate has same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001.
> relevant Commonwealth liability means:
(a) any of the following that are due and payable:
(i) a fee payable under this Act;
(ii) a charge imposed by the Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Customs) Act 2020;
(iii) a charge imposed by the Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Act 2020;
(iv) a charge imposed by the Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (General) Act 2020; or
(b) penalties for late payment of a fee or charge described in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (iv); or
(c) a pecuniary penalty, or other liability for an amount, imposed by or under a prescribed law.
> Note: A relevant Commonwealth liability of a person is taken to have been paid for the purposes of a provision of this Act in certain circumstances (see section 181).
> relevant court means:
(a) the Federal Court of Australia; or
(b) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2); or
(c) a Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
> relevant person, for an audit under Division 4 of Part 2 of Chapter 4, has the meaning given by section 114.
> reviewable decision: see section 151.
> rules means the rules made under section 188.
> scheme: see subsection 89(6).
> Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
> State or Territory authorised officer means an authorised officer who is an officer or employee:
(a) of a State or Territory; or
(b) of an authority of a State or Territory.
> stepchild has a meaning affected by subsection 11(3).
> third party authorised officer means a person who is authorised under subsection 125(5) to be a third party authorised officer.
> this Act includes:
(a) the rules; and
(b) the Regulatory Powers Act as it applies in relation to this Act.
> trade mark has the same meaning as in the Trade Marks Act 1995.
> waste, in relation to a product, means waste associated with the product over the life cycle of the product.
> waste material: see section 15.
> waste material export charge means a charge imposed under:
(a) section 7 of the Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Customs) Act 2020; or
(b) section 7 of the Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Act 2020; or
(c) section 7 of the Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (General) Act 2020.