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WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2001 - SECT 20
Definitions
In this Part--
"beverage" --see section 21.
"collection point" means--
(a) any facility or premises for the collection and
handling of containers delivered to the facility or premises in consideration
of the payment of refund amounts, or
(b) a reverse vending machine, or
(c)
any other facility or premises of a kind prescribed by the regulations.
"collection point arrangement" --see section 25.
"collection point operator" , in relation to a collection point, means-- (a) a
person who has entered into a collection point arrangement with a
network operator in connection with the operation of the collection point, or
(b) if there is no collection point arrangement in force in respect of the
collection point--a network operator who administers and operates the
collection point.
"container" --see section 22.
"container approval" means a container approval issued and in force under
Division 3.
"corresponding law" means a law of another State or a Territory that is
declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this
Part.
"domestic waste management services" has the same meaning as in the
Local Government Act 1993 .
"material recovery facility operator" means-- (a) a person who carries on a
business that is or includes the processing for reuse or recycling of domestic
waste designated for recycling and collected by that or any other person
during the course of domestic waste management services and who-- (i) holds an
environment protection licence under the Protection of the Environment
Operations Act 1997 authorising the processing of the waste (otherwise than by
thermal treatment) at specified premises, or
(ii) is approved in writing by
the EPA as a material recovery facility operator for the purposes of this
Part, or
(b) any other person of a class prescribed by the regulations.
"network arrangement" --see section 25.
"network operator" means a person with whom the Minister enters into a
network operator agreement (and, when used in relation to a
network operator agreement, means the person with whom the Minister enters
into the agreement).
"network operator agreement" --see section 24.
"refund amount" means the amount prescribed by the regulations under
section 23.
"refund marking" , in relation to a container, means a marking or labelling
that complies with the requirements prescribed by the regulations.
"reverse vending machine" means a machine or other device from which
refund amounts can be obtained by an operation that involves inserting empty
containers into the device, whether or not some other action is required to
activate the device.
"Scheme" means the container deposit scheme established by this Part.
"Scheme administration agreement" --see section 24.
"Scheme arrangement" means-- (a) a supply arrangement, or
(b) a
network arrangement, or
(c) a collection point arrangement.
"Scheme Coordinator" means the person with whom the Minister enters into a
Scheme Coordinator agreement.
"Scheme Coordinator agreement" --see section 24.
"Scheme participant" means-- (a) a Scheme Coordinator, or
(b) a
network operator, or
(c) a supplier who has entered into a supply arrangement
with a Scheme Coordinator, or
(d) a collection point operator.
"supplier" means a person who carries on a business that is or includes the
supply of beverages in containers, but does not include a person of a class
excluded from the operation of this Part by the regulations.
"supply" means supply, by way of sale or otherwise, in the course of carrying
on a business.
"supply arrangement" --see section 25.
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