Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998
Part 2– Activities that require licence
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Part 2 – Activities that require licence
- Operating premises for the disposal of waste by burial that service, or are designed to service, the waste disposal requirements of more than 1 000 persons.
- Collecting, transporting, storing, re-cycling, treating or disposing of a listed waste on a commercial or fee for service basis, other than in or for the purpose of a sewage treatment plant.
Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 87 3. Operating premises, other than a sewage treatment plant, associated with collecting, transporting, storing, re-cycling, treating or disposing of a listed waste on a commercial or fee for service basis. 5. Operating premises for processing hydrocarbons so as to produce, store and/or despatch liquefied natural gas or methanol, where: (a) the premises are designed to produce more than 500,000 tonnes annually of liquefied natural gas and/or methanol; and (b) no lease, licence or permit under the Petroleum Act 1984 or the Petroleum (Submerged lands) Act 1981 relates to the land on which the premises are situated.
Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 88 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 (Act No. 71, 1998) Assent date 28 September 1998 Commenced ss 3 – 29 and ss 47 – 120: 1 February 1999; ss 30 – 46: 1 May 2003 (Gaz G35, 4 September 2002, p 4); s 121: 18 March 2009 (Gaz G11, 18 March 2009, p 5) Statute Law Revision Act 1999 (Act No. 27, 1999) Assent date 18 June 1999 Commenced 18 June 1999 Planning (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 (Act No. 56, 1999) Assent date 14 December 1999 Commenced 12 April 2000 (s 2, s 2 Planning Act 1999 (Act No. 55, 1999) and Gaz S15, 12 April 1999) Land Title (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000 (Act No. 45, 2000) Assent date 12 September 2000 Commenced 1 December 2000 (s 2, s 2 Land Title Act 2000 (Act No. 2, 2000) and Gaz G38, 27 September 2000, p 2) Corporations Reform (Consequential Amendments NT) Act 2001 (Act No. 17, 2001) Assent date 29 June 2001 Commenced 15 July 2001 (s 2, s 2 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth Act No. 50, 2001) and Cth Gaz S285, 13 July 2001) Waste Management and Pollution Control (Administration) Regulations (SL No. 53, 2001) Notified 19 December 2001 Commenced 19 December 2001
Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 89 Mining Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 (Act No. 42, 2001) Assent date 19 July 2001 Commenced 1 January 2002 (s 2, s 2 Mining Management Act 2001 (Act No. 43, 2001) and Gaz G46, 21 November 2001, p 2) Fines and Penalties (Recovery) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 (Act No. 60, 2001) Assent date 11 December 2001 Commenced 1 January 2002 (s 2, s 2 Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 (Act No. 59, 2001) and Gaz G50, 19 December 2001, p 3) Statute Law Revision (Financial Provisions) Act 2002 (Act No. 38, 2002) Assent date 13 September 2002 Commenced 30 October 2002 (Gaz G43, 30 October 2002, p 3) Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (Act No. 4, 2007) Assent date 8 March 2007 Commenced 8 March 2007 Personal Property Securities (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010 (Act No. 30, 2010) Assent date 9 September 2010 Commenced ss 58 to 60: 30 January 2012 (Gaz, S2, 24 January 2012); rem: 25 November 2011 (Gaz,S68, 25 November 2011) Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012 (Act No. 23, 2012) Assent date 21 November 2012 Commenced 1 January 2013 (Gaz G51, 19 December 2012, p 4) Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority Act 2012 (Act No. 28, 2012) Assent date 6 December 2012 Commenced 1 January 2013 (Gaz S82, 21 December 2012) Statute Law Revision Act 2014 (Act No. 38, 2014) Assent date 13 November 2014 Commenced 13 November 2014 Statute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2015 (Act No. 26, 2015) Assent date 18 September 2015 Commenced 14 October 2015 (Gaz G41, 14 October 2015, p 3) Local Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016) Assent date 6 April 2016 Commenced 1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34, 29 April 2016)