Statements with regard to extended producer responsibility schemes
47 Statements with regard to extended producer responsibility schemes
The Waste Authority must —
include in its business plan each year a priority statement with respect to any extended producer responsibility schemes the Waste Authority proposes to recommend for implementation and operation under the regulations; and
advertise the priority statement; and
in the advertisement, invite submissions on any relevant matter relating to the priority statement.
Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the first year after the commencement of this section.
The advertisement must be published —
in the Gazette; and
twice in a newspaper circulating throughout the State; and
otherwise as the Waste Authority considers appropriate.
Submissions may be made, in the form, if any, approved by the Waste Authority, by any entity —
within a period determined by the Waste Authority that is not less than 28 days after the day on which the notice is published under subsection (3)(a); and
by —
delivering or posting them so that they are received within that period at the offices of the Waste Authority; or
sending them by electronic communication (as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act 2011 section 5(1)) in the manner provided for in the regulations so that they are received by the Waste Authority within that period.
The Waste Authority must have regard to the submissions when deciding whether or not to proceed with recommending the implementation and operation under the regulations of an extended producer responsibility scheme.
[Section 47 amended: No. 34 of 2020 s. 75.]
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
, provided for in the regulations
). Made under this Act:
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