Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007

approved product stewardship plan means a product stewardship plan registered under section 45(3);

business plan means a business plan approved under section 39;

CEO means chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;

Chief Health Officer has the meaning given in the Public Health Act 2016 section 4(1);

district means an area that has been declared to be a district under the Local Government Act 1995, and any place outside the boundaries of the district which is under the control of the local government for the district;

entity means any person or body, including a public authority;

EP Act means the Environmental Protection Act 1986;

EP authorisation means a licence, permit or approval granted under the EP Act;

extended producer responsibility scheme means a scheme for giving effect to a policy in which the producer’s responsibility for a product (including physical or financial responsibility) is extended to the post‑consumer stage of the product’s life‑cycle;

inspector means an inspector appointed under the EP Act section 88 for the purposes of this Act and includes the CEO;

levy means a levy imposed under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Levy Act 2007;

local government includes a regional local government established for the purpose of providing waste services;

local government waste means —

but does not include sewage or waste of a kind prescribed by the regulations as excluded for the purposes of this definition;

member means a member of the Waste Authority appointed under section 11(1);

producer of a product includes a manufacturer, importer, supplier or distributor, of the product in this State or an entity having a proprietary interest in the name under which the product is manufactured, imported, supplied or distributed in this State;

product stewardship plan means a plan in which the producers of a product —

public authority means —

WARR Account means the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Account established by section 79;

waste includes matter —

Waste Authority means the Waste Authority established by section 8;

waste collection permit has the meaning given by section 56(1);

waste facility means premises used for the storage, treatment, processing, sorting, recycling or disposal of waste;

waste service means —

waste strategy means the waste strategy approved and in force under Part 4 Division 1.

[Section 3 amended: No. 19 of 2016 s. 200.]