Waste and Resource Recovery Act 2022

In this section – charitable recycler means an organisation that – has satisfied the Board that it is established solely for charitable purposes and not for profit or gain; and operates a program for the recycling of matter or that collects public donations for repurposing or reselling; and is authorised or approved under section 5 of the Collections for Charities Act 2001 by the Commissioner within the meaning of that Act; and is a deductible gift recipient within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 of the Commonwealth; public authority means – a council; or a body corporate established by, or under, an enactment having jurisdiction limited to a district, locality or part of the State; or a statutory authority.

The Board has the following functions:to provide advice and recommendations to the Minister on matters relevant to the Act, both on the request of the Minister and of its own volition; to prepare, promote, implement, review and assess the effectiveness of a waste strategy that is in effect under section 19(7); to prepare, implement, review and assess the effectiveness of an operational plan that is in effect under section 21(6)(a); to audit and report on the use of funds from the Waste and Resource Recovery Account; to promote community, business and industry awareness of, and education in relation to, waste reduction and resource recovery; to promote and support State policies and programs relevant to the Act; to promote and support access to waste services in remote areas; to promote and support coordination and cooperation with statutory authorities, local authorities and industry to prevent waste and promote resource recovery; to consult with, and promote and support coordination and cooperation between, organisations (whether or not in the State) with objectives relevant to the Act; to administer, for the benefit of charitable recyclers and such other entities as specified by a Ministerial direction given and in effect under section 14 for the purposes of this paragraph, an assistance program to mitigate costs to those bodies resulting from this Act; to administer, for the benefit of persons responsible for resource recovery facilities and such other entities as specified by a Ministerial direction given and in effect under section 14 for the purposes of this paragraph, an assistance program to mitigate costs to those bodies resulting from this Act in relation to the disposal of waste determined by the Board to be the necessary residue of the resource recovery activities of those bodies; to administer, in respect of public authorities and such other entities as specified by a Ministerial direction given and in effect under section 14 for the purposes of this paragraph, an assistance program to mitigate costs to those bodies resulting from this Act in relation to the collection and disposal of waste determined by the Board to have been unlawfully discarded; to promote market development and local infrastructure for resource recovery and recycling of materials; to perform any other functions that the Board has under this or any other Act; to perform any other functions that may be prescribed.

In the performance of its functions, the Board is to – further the improvement of waste management and resource recovery; and further the objectives of the State's resource management and planning system set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994.