Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020

An application under this Act must:

if the relevant person has approved, in writing, a manner for making an application—be made in an approved manner; and

if the relevant person has approved a form for making an application:

include the information required by the form; and

be accompanied by any documents required by the form; and

include the information (if any) prescribed by the rules; and

be accompanied by any documents prescribed by the rules; and

if rules made for the purposes of section 155 specify a fee that must accompany the application and payment of the fee has not been waived—be accompanied by the fee.

A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person makes a false or misleading statement in an application or provides false or misleading information or documents (see sections 145, 146 and 147 of this Act and sections 136.1, 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code).

The relevant person may accept any information or document previously given to the relevant person in connection with an application made under this Act as satisfying any requirement to give that information or document under subsection (1).

An application is taken not to have been made if the application does not comply with the requirements in subsection (1) for the application.

To avoid doubt, the relevant person may approve:

different forms for applications relating to different matters; or

a single form for more than one kind of application.

In this section:

for an application made to the Minister—the Minister; or

for an application made to the CEO—the CEO.