Environmental Protection Regulations 1987

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears —

an environmental policy; and

environmental performance objectives; and

continual improvement programmes; and

environmental management and audit plans; and

other measures that the Chief Executive Officer considers necessary for good environmental performance and management;

in relation to an application for a licence — the period to which the application relates;

in relation to a licence — the period covered by the licence.

A reference in this Part to a kind of waste is a reference to both the type of waste and the nature of its discharge into the environment.

A reference in this Part or a Schedule to a category followed by a designation is a reference to the category so designated in the first column of Schedule 1.

A reference in Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Swan Coastal Plain is a reference to the area defined in Schedule 1 to the Environmental Protection (Swan Coastal Plain Lakes) Policy Approval Order 1992 ¹.

In regulations 5B, 5CB, 5DA and 5F and in Schedule 3 fee amounts are expressed in units or fractions of a unit, one unit being equivalent to the amount specified in column 2 of the Table to this subregulation during the period specified in column 1 of that Table.

In Schedule 4 Part 1 fee amounts are expressed in units or fractions of a unit and, for a financial year, one unit is equivalent to the amount specified in column 2 of the Table to this subregulation for that year.

In Schedule 4 Parts 2 and 3 fee amounts are expressed in units or fractions of a unit and, for a financial year, one unit is equivalent to the amount specified in column 2 of the Table to this subregulation for that year.