Waste Management Act 2003 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Waste Management Act 2003

No. 1, 2004

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date: 13 August 2019

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)

NORFOLK ISLAND

WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 2003

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section

PART 1 — PRELIMINARY 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Interpretation

PART 2 — GENERAL Division 1 – Administration 4. Delegation 5. Authorised officers 6. Powers of authorised officers 7. Designated places

Division 2 — Imposition of levies, etc 8. Levies may be imposed 9. Calculation and payment of levies 10. Approved fees for waste disposal services 11. Levies—debt due to Administration

Division 3 — Offences, etc 12. Proof of certain matters, etc 13. Use of authorised receptacle, etc 13A. Removal and storage of asbestos 13B. Disposal of asbestos 14. Dead animals on street, etc 15. Liability of owner of motor vehicle 16. Cost of clean up 17. Property in waste, etc

PART 3 — MISCELLANEOUS 18. Guidelines …. 19. Regulations

NORFOLK ISLAND

Waste Management Act 2003

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An Act relating to waste management and funding for waste management operations and for related purposes.

PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Waste Management Act 2003.

Commencement 2. This Act shall come into operation on a date fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

Interpretation 3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — "asbestos" means the fibrous form of the mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine and amphibole groups of rock-forming minerals, including the following: (a) actinolite; (b) amosite (brown asbestos); (c) anthophyllite; (d) crocidolite (blue asbestos); (e) chrysotile (white asbestos); (f) tremolite. "asbestos product" means anything that contains asbestos and includes building products known as 'fibro', 'super 6', shadow line', compressed fibro', "hardi plank', 'hardi flex', and 'AC sheet' that contain asbestos as well as pipes, lagging, asbestos rope, and insulation. "authorised officer" means a person appointed to be an authorised officer under section 5; "authorised receptacle" means a rubbish receptacle that the Chief Executive Officer causes to be provided for the disposal of rubbish; "Centre" includes a designated place within the meaning of section 7; "correctly packed and labelled"— asbestos or an asbestos product is correctly packed and labelled if— (a) it is packed in a way that minimises the possibility of the release into the environment of airborne asbestos fibres; and (b) the package is clearly labelled to identify that the package contains asbestos or an asbestos product and; (c) any requirements of guidelines made under section 18 have been complied with. "Court" means the Court of Petty Sessions; "designated place" means a place referred to in section 7; "Government Medical Officer" means the person appointed to be the Medical Superintendent under section 23A of the Norfolk Island Hospital Act 1985; "Guidelines" means the Guidelines published under section 18; "mail" means mail within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 1983; "member of the Police Force" means a member of the Police Force within the meaning of the Police Act 1931; "owner", in relation to a vehicle, means the owner of a registered motor vehicle; "prescribed" means prescribed by the regulations; "public place" includes — (a) a street, road, lane, and thoroughfare, including a footpath, bridge, court, entrance, driveway, verge, nature strip, traffic island, and gutter; and (b) a park, reserve, recreational or sporting ground, or beach, and a building or structure thereon, to which free access is permitted to the public whether or not on payment of money; and (c) a Centre; and (d) vacant Crown land; "registered motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle registered under the Road Traffic Act 1982; "waste" includes litter, garbage, rubbish, refuse, the body of a dead animal and all forms of liquid and solid domestic, commercial and industrial wastes other than sewage; "waste levy" means a levy imposed under section 8.