Waste and Resource Recovery Regulations 2022
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In these regulations –
Act means the Waste and Resource Recovery Act 2022
Class A landfill facility means a landfill facility that receives, or is likely to receive, 10 000 tonnes, or more, of waste per financial year;
Class A resource recovery facility means a resource recovery facility that receives, or is likely to receive, for the purposes of resource recovery, 10 000 tonnes, or more, of waste per financial year;
Class B landfill facility means a landfill facility that receives, or is likely to receive, more than 100 tonnes and fewer than 10 000 tonnes of waste per financial year;
Class B resource recovery facility means a resource recovery facility that receives, or is likely to receive, for the purposes of resource recovery, more than 1 000 tonnes and fewer than 10 000 tonnes of waste per financial year;
combined waste facility means a facility that incorporates one or more landfill facilities and one or more resource recovery facilities on the same premises;
commencement day means the day on which these regulations commence;
financial year means the 12-month period ending on 30 June in any year;
landfill movement record – see regulation 12 ;
resource recovery movement record – see regulation 21 .