Victorian Numbered Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2021 (SR NO 47 OF 2021) - REG 223

    (1)     For the purposes of section 46(2)(c) of the Act, it is a prescribed exemption in relation to an activity set out in the following items if, immediately before the commencement day, a person is engaging in an activity set out in—

        (a)     item 8 (A05b—Municipal landfills servicing <5000 people) in the Table in Schedule 1;

        (b)     item 20 (A13b—Waste and resource recovery—medium) in the Table in Schedule 1;

        (c)     item 24 (A16—Supply or use of reportable priority waste) in the Table in Schedule 1;

        (d)     item 25 (A17—Containment of Category D waste soil) in the Table in Schedule 1;

        (e)     item 26 (A18—Discharge or deposit of waste to aquifer) in the Table in Schedule 1;

        (f)     item 27 (A19—Temporary on-site waste treatment) in the Table in Schedule 1.

    (2)     An exemption prescribed under subregulation (1) only applies in relation to the site at which the activity was being conducted prior to the commencement day.

    (3)     An exemption prescribed under subregulation (1)(b) applies until the earlier of the following—

        (a)     if the person applies for a permit under section 50 of the Act in relation to that activity before 1 October 2021, the day on which the Authority issues, or refuses to issue, the permit to the person;

        (b)     1 October 2021.

    (4)     An exemption prescribed under subregulation (1)(a), (c), (d), (e) or (f) applies until the earlier of the following—

        (a)     the person applies for a permit under section 50 of the Act in relation to that activity before 2 January 2022, on the day on which the Authority issues, or refuses to issue, the permit to the person;

        (b)     2 January 2022.