Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATION 2005 - REG 56

In this part:

"agency" means the entity nominated by a jurisdiction for the NEPM.

"consignment authorisation" means an approval allowing the movement of controlled waste into a jurisdiction of destination given by an agency or a facility delegated by the agency in the jurisdiction.

"controlled waste" means a thing mentioned in the NEPM, schedule A, list 1 (Waste categories) if it has 1 or more of the characteristics mentioned in the NEPM, schedule A, list 2 (Characteristics of controlled wastes).

"facility" means a place where controlled waste is received.

"jurisdiction of destination", for movement of controlled waste, means the jurisdiction where the facility is located that the waste is being moved to.

"jurisdiction of origin", for movement of controlled waste, means the jurisdiction where the waste is being moved from.

"jurisdiction of transit", for movement of controlled waste, means a jurisdiction through which the waste is moved that is not the jurisdiction of origin or the jurisdiction of destination.

"NEPM" means the National Environment Protection (Movement of Controlled Waste between States and Territories) Measure, as in force from time to time, made under the national scheme laws.

Note 1     The national scheme laws are the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1994-95" title="A1994-95">National Environment Protection Council Act 1994

and the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994

(Cwlth).

Note 2     The NEPM does not need to be notified under the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2001-14" title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

because s 47 (6) does not apply (see href="https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1997-92/" title="Environment Protection Act 1997">Act

, s 164B). The NEPM is accessible at www.legislation.gov.au

"producer" means a person who produces controlled waste.

"transporter" means a person who moves controlled waste—

        (a)     from a jurisdiction of origin to a jurisdiction of destination; or

        (b)     through a jurisdiction of transit.

"waste" means a thing, whether valuable or not, that is—

        (a)     discarded; or

        (b)     rejected; or

        (c)     unwanted; or

        (d)     surplus; or

        (e)     abandoned; or

        (f)     intended for recycling, reprocessing, recovery, reuse, or purification.