Victorian Numbered Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2021 (SR NO 47 OF 2021) - REG 1

The objectives of these Regulations are to further the purposes of, and give effect to, the Environment Protection Act 2017 by—

        (a)     imposing obligations in relation to environmental protection, pollution incidents, contaminated land and waste, including in relation to on-site wastewater management systems; and

        (b)     providing for activities and other matters for the purposes of permissions under the Act; and

        (c)     specifying matters in relation to litter, water, the atmosphere, land, noise and vehicle emissions; and

        (d)     encouraging retailers and consumers to reduce the overall use of plastic bags that often enter the environment as litter, by banning thin, single-use plastic shopping bags; and

        (e)     setting out additional matters in relation to the environmental audit system; and

        (f)     prescribing activities in respect of which—

              (i)     the environment protection levy is payable; and

              (ii)     the waste levy is payable; and

              (iii)     the Authority may require a financial assurance; and

        (g)     prescribing the form and manner of certain applications; and

        (h)     prescribing infringement offences and infringement penalties; and

              (i)     providing for exemptions from certain provisions of the Act and these Regulations; and

        (j)     prescribing the fees payable under the Act; and

        (k)     providing for transitional arrangements; and

        (l)     prescribing other matters necessary to give effect to the Act.