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Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011
sec.73AObligations of entity responsible for operation of resource recovery area
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### sec.73A Obligations of entity responsible for operation of resource recovery area
This section applies if the operator of a waste disposal site has declared, or claims to have declared, an area as a resource recovery area under section 72S .
The entity having responsibility for the operation of the resource recovery area must ensure—
there is not an active landfill cell within the area; and
the area complies with the requirements for the area prescribed by regulation; and
the physical barrier between the resource recovery area and the rest of the waste disposal site complies with the requirements prescribed by regulation; and
the points of access allowing vehicles to move between the area and the rest of the waste disposal site comply with the requirements prescribed by regulation.
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
s 73A ins 2019 No. 2 s 6
(sec.73A-ssec.1) This section applies if the operator of a waste disposal site has declared, or claims to have declared, an area as a resource recovery area under section 72S .
(sec.73A-ssec.2) The entity having responsibility for the operation of the resource recovery area must ensure— there is not an active landfill cell within the area; and the area complies with the requirements for the area prescribed by regulation; and the physical barrier between the resource recovery area and the rest of the waste disposal site complies with the requirements prescribed by regulation; and the points of access allowing vehicles to move between the area and the rest of the waste disposal site comply with the requirements prescribed by regulation. Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
- (a) there is not an active landfill cell within the area; and
- (b) the area complies with the requirements for the area prescribed by regulation; and
- (c) the physical barrier between the resource recovery area and the rest of the waste disposal site complies with the requirements prescribed by regulation; and
- (d) the points of access allowing vehicles to move between the area and the rest of the waste disposal site comply with the requirements prescribed by regulation.