Waste and Resource Recovery Regulations 2022 (Tas)

Waste and Resource Recovery Regulations 2022

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Waste and Resource Recovery Act 2022 .

20 June 2022

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

R. C. JAENSCH

Minister for Environment and Climate Change

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Waste and Resource Recovery Regulations 2022 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on the day on which Parts 3 and 4 of the Waste and Resource Recovery Act 2022 commence.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Waste and Resource Recovery Act 2022 Class A landfill facility means a landfill facility that receives, or is likely to receive, 10 000 tonnes, or more, of waste per financial year; Class A resource recovery facility means a resource recovery facility that receives, or is likely to receive, for the purposes of resource recovery, 10 000 tonnes, or more, of waste per financial year; Class B landfill facility means a landfill facility that receives, or is likely to receive, more than 100 tonnes and fewer than 10 000 tonnes of waste per financial year; Class B resource recovery facility means a resource recovery facility that receives, or is likely to receive, for the purposes of resource recovery, more than 1 000 tonnes and fewer than 10 000 tonnes of waste per financial year; combined waste facility means a facility that incorporates one or more landfill facilities and one or more resource recovery facilities on the same premises; commencement day means the day on which these regulations commence; financial year means the 12-month period ending on 30 June in any year; landfill movement record – see regulation 12 ; resource recovery movement record – see regulation 21 .