Consignment numbers for waste transported into Queensland
93 Consignment numbers for waste transported into Queensland
A person may apply to the administering executive for a consignment number for—
a load of trackable waste to be transported into Queensland from another State; or
loads of trackable waste to be transported into Queensland from another State over a 12-month period.
The application must be in the approved form.
The person must give the administering executive the following information if the executive requests it—
information mentioned in schedule 12, section 1, about the load;
information the executive reasonably requires to decide the application.
The administering executive must decide to—
approve the application with or without imposing a condition on the approval; or
refuse to approve the application.
The administering executive must refuse to approve the application unless the administering executive is satisfied—
the intended transporter holds, or is acting under, an environmental authority for transporting the waste to the intended receiver; andNote—
See section 429(2) of the Act under which a reference to an environmental authority includes a reference to an interstate licence in the circumstances stated in the provision.
the intended receiver holds, or is acting under, an environmental authority for carrying out the intended treatment of the waste.
After the administering executive decides the application, the administering executive must give the person a written notice stating—
whether the application is—
approved without a condition; or
approved subject to a condition; or
refused; and
if the application is approved—the consignment number assigned to the load or loads of trackable waste; and
if the application is approved subject to a condition—the condition; and
if the application is approved subject to a condition or refused—
the reasons for the decision; and
the review or appeal details for the decision.
If the administering executive has not decided the application by the due day, the application is taken to have been refused.
In this section—
due day, for deciding an application, means—
10 business days after the application is made, not including a day the administering executive asks for information under subsection (3), a day the person gives the requested information, and any days in between; or
any later day agreed between the administering executive and the person.
intended treatment, of trackable waste to be transported into Queensland, means the way the waste is to be treated, disposed of, stored or otherwise dealt with by the receiver.
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