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Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011
sec.124Matters to be complied with in the preparation and adoption of a local government’s waste reduction and recycling plan
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### sec.124 Matters to be complied with in the preparation and adoption of a local government’s waste reduction and recycling plan
A local government, in preparing or adopting a waste reduction and recycling plan for its local government area, must have regard to—
current and predicted information about the following matters relating to its area—
population profiles;
residential, industrial and commercial development;
amounts and types of waste generated; and
the services, markets and facilities relevant to dealing with different types and amounts of waste; and
the waste and resource management hierarchy; and
the waste and resource management principles; and
how the goals and targets of the State’s waste management strategy will be achieved.
Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the local government may or ought to have regard to.
A waste reduction and recycling plan for a local government must provide for the plan to be in effect for a period (the implementation period for the plan) of at least 3 years.
Subsection (3) does not stop a waste reduction and recycling plan being amended or replaced within the implementation period for the plan.
(sec.124-ssec.1) A local government, in preparing or adopting a waste reduction and recycling plan for its local government area, must have regard to— current and predicted information about the following matters relating to its area— population profiles; residential, industrial and commercial development; amounts and types of waste generated; and the services, markets and facilities relevant to dealing with different types and amounts of waste; and the waste and resource management hierarchy; and the waste and resource management principles; and how the goals and targets of the State’s waste management strategy will be achieved.
(sec.124-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the local government may or ought to have regard to.
(sec.124-ssec.3) A waste reduction and recycling plan for a local government must provide for the plan to be in effect for a period (the implementation period for the plan) of at least 3 years.
(sec.124-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not stop a waste reduction and recycling plan being amended or replaced within the implementation period for the plan.
- (a) current and predicted information about the following matters relating to its area— (i) population profiles; (ii) residential, industrial and commercial development; (iii) amounts and types of waste generated; and
- (i) population profiles;
- (ii) residential, industrial and commercial development;
- (iii) amounts and types of waste generated; and
- (b) the services, markets and facilities relevant to dealing with different types and amounts of waste; and
- (c) the waste and resource management hierarchy; and
- (d) the waste and resource management principles; and
- (e) how the goals and targets of the State’s waste management strategy will be achieved.
- (i) population profiles;
- (ii) residential, industrial and commercial development;
- (iii) amounts and types of waste generated; and