Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001
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In this Part—
beverage—see section 21.
collection point means—
(a) any facility or premises for the collection and handling of containers delivered to the facility or premises in consideration of the payment of refund amounts, or
(b) a reverse vending machine, or
(c) any other facility or premises of a kind prescribed by the regulations.
collection point arrangement—see section 25.
collection point operator, in relation to a collection point, means—
(a) a person who has entered into a collection point arrangement with a network operator in connection with the operation of the collection point, or
(b) if there is no collection point arrangement in force in respect of the collection point—a network operator who administers and operates the collection point.
container—see section 22.
container approval means a container approval issued and in force under Division 3.
corresponding law means a law of another State or a Territory that is declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this Part.
domestic waste management services has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
material recovery facility operator means—
(a) a person who carries on a business that is or includes the processing for reuse or recycling of domestic waste designated for recycling and collected by that or any other person during the course of domestic waste management services and who—
(i) holds an environment protection licence under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 authorising the processing of the waste (otherwise than by thermal treatment) at specified premises, or
(ii) is approved in writing by the EPA as a material recovery facility operator for the purposes of this Part, or
(b) any other person of a class prescribed by the regulations.
network arrangement—see section 25.
network operator means a person with whom the Minister enters into a network operator agreement (and, when used in relation to a network operator agreement, means the person with whom the Minister enters into the agreement).