Environment Protection Regulations 2021

For the purposes of section 47(2)(c) of the Act, it is a prescribed exemption in relation to an activity set out in the following items if, immediately before the commencement day, a person is engaging in an activity set out in—

item 4 (A02c—Other waste treatment—e‑waste 500 tonnes or less) in the Table in Schedule 1;

item 11 (A07b—Organic waste processing—small) in the Table in Schedule 1;

item 14 (A09b—Waste tyre storage—small) in the Table in Schedule 1;

item 16 (A10b—Reportable priority waste (transport)—other) in the Table in Schedule 1 (if the waste being transported is reportable priority waste (transport) of waste codes K400-H or L200-H);

item 21 (A13c—Waste and resource recovery—small) in the Table in Schedule 1;

item 29 (A21—Temporary storage—biomedical waste) in the Table in Schedule 1;

item 30 (A22—Temporary storage—asbestos) in the Table in Schedule 1;

item 31 (A23—Temporary storage—designated waste) in the Table in Schedule 1;

item 62 (H05c—Glass works—small reprocessing) in the Table in Schedule 1;

item 78 (L07—Dry-cleaning) in the Table in Schedule 1.

An exemption prescribed under subregulation (1) only applies to the extent that the person engages in the activity—

at the site where the activity was engaged in immediately before the commencement day; or

in the case of an exemption under subregulation (1)(d), using the vehicle that was transporting the waste immediately before the commencement day.

An exemption prescribed under subregulation (1) applies until 2 January 2022.