Waste and Resource Recovery Regulations 2022

An operator of a landfill facility must prepare a draft waste levy compliance management plan in accordance with subregulation (3) in respect of the landfill facility.

An operator of a landfill facility must submit a draft waste levy compliance management plan prepared under this regulation to the Secretary for approval – if the landfill facility is in operation on the commencement day, within 60 days after the commencement day; or if the landfill facility is not in operation on the commencement day, before commencing operation of the landfill facility; or within the period specified in a requirement under subregulation (4)(c).

A draft waste levy compliance management plan is to – be consistent with Ministerial standards issued under section 56 of the Act in relation to the operation of a landfill facility, if any; and be prepared in accordance with guidelines, if any, issued under section 57 of the Act in relation to the operation of a landfill facility; and specify the following matters:the boundary of the landfill facility; the location at which, and means by which, the waste is quantified; the areas within the landfill facility in which waste is stockpiled; the areas within the landfill facility in which operational materials are stockpiled; the location of active and planned landfill cells; the access and security measures employed at the landfill facility to control and record waste entering and leaving the landfill facility; the procedures in place to ensure compliance with the Act.

On receipt of a draft waste levy compliance management plan, the Secretary may do one or more of the following:approve the draft waste levy compliance management plan as submitted under subregulation (2), subject to any conditions that the Secretary thinks fit; require the operator of the landfill facility to provide further information in relation to the draft waste levy compliance management plan within a period specified by the Secretary; require the operator of the landfill facility to amend and resubmit the draft waste levy compliance management plan for approval within a period specified by the Secretary.

The operator of a landfill facility must comply with the waste levy compliance management plan approved by the Secretary under subregulation (4)(a) in relation to the landfill facility.

In this regulation – operational material means material brought on to a landfill facility that is used in rehabilitation of the land or the construction of the landfill and is not disposed of into the landfill.