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Western Australia Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Levy Bill 2007 CONTENTS 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Interpretation 2 4. Levy may be prescribed 2 5. Levy imposed 3 6. Liability to pay levy 3 Defined Terms 153--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Levy Bill 2007 A Bill for An Act to impose a levy in respect of certain waste. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Levy Bill 2007 s. 1 1. Short title This is the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Levy Act 2007. 2. Commencement 5 This Act comes into operation as follows: (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; (b) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation. 3. Interpretation 10 In this Act -- "disposal premises" means premises -- (a) which are used for the purpose of receiving waste; and (b) in respect of which the occupier is required to hold a 15 licence, whether or not such a licence is in force; "EP Act" means the Environmental Protection Act 1986; "licence" has the same meaning as in the EP Act; "Waste Authority" means the Waste Authority established under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery 20 Act 2007. 4. Levy may be prescribed (1) The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Waste Authority, make regulations under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 prescribing an amount by way of 25 levy that is to be payable in respect of waste received at disposal premises. page 2 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Levy Bill 2007 s. 5 (2) The regulations may -- (a) provide that the amount by way of levy is to be payable in all cases, in all cases subject to specified exceptions or in any specified case or class of case; and 5 (b) prescribe different amounts by way of levy that are payable in respect of different cases or classes of case; and (c) provide for the levy to be calculated on such basis, and in accordance with such factors, as are specified; and 10 (d) provide for the reimbursement of administrative costs incurred by the person, organisation or licensee collecting the levy. (3) Nothing in this section is to be taken as limiting the operation of the Interpretation Act 1984 section 43. 15 5. Levy imposed If an amount by way of levy is prescribed in respect of waste received at disposal premises, that levy is imposed in respect of waste received at the disposal premises. 6. Liability to pay levy 20 The holder of a licence in respect of disposal premises, or in the case of disposal premises in respect of which a licence is not in force, an occupier required under the EP Act to hold such licence in respect of the premises, is liable to pay the amount of any levy imposed in respect of waste received at the disposal 25 premises. page 3 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Levy Bill 2007 Defined Terms Defined Terms [This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.] Defined Term Provision(s) disposal premises ............................................................................................. 3 EP Act ............................................................................................................. 3 licence.............................................................................................................. 3 Waste Authority ............................................................................................... 3
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