Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act 2016
60Code of practice—approval
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60 Code of practice—approval (1) The Minister may approve a code of practice in relation to a waste activity. Examples—codes of practice in relation to a waste activity 1 code of practice for disposal of waste from a demolition or construction site 2 code of practice for collection, handling and treatment of putrescibles waste 3 code of practice for storage and placement for collection of domestic waste (2) An approved code of practice may apply, adopt or incorporate an instrument, as in force from time to time. Note 1 The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)). Note 2 A reference to an instrument includes a reference to a provision of an instrument (see Legislation Act, s 14 (2)). (3) An approved code of practice is a disallowable instrument.