Western Australian Current Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTROLLED WASTE) REGULATIONS 2004 - REG 36

36 .         Validity of controlled waste tracking form

        (1A)         A reference in this regulation to a type of controlled waste includes a reference to a mixture of different types of controlled waste if —

            (a)         that mixture of different types of controlled waste is permitted under the authority of the relevant carrier’s licence; and

            (b)         all the controlled waste in that mixture is to be unloaded at the same waste facility.

        (1B)         A controlled waste tracking form for the transportation on a road of a type of controlled waste that is to be unloaded at a transit facility is valid for the approved period.

        (1)         Subject to subregulation (1B), a controlled waste tracking form for the transportation of a type of controlled waste on a road is valid —

            (a)         in the case of a bulk controlled waste, for a period of 7 days beginning on the consignment day; or

            (b)         in the case of any other controlled waste, for a period of 21 days beginning on the consignment day; or

            (c)         in the case of any controlled waste, for a period ending when any part of the controlled waste loaded onto the vehicle or tank is unloaded at a waste facility or under regulation 39(1)(a),

                whichever is the shorter period.

        (2)         In subregulation (1) —

        consignment day means the day on which any part of the type of controlled waste specified in the controlled waste tracking form is first loaded onto the vehicle or tank specified in the controlled waste tracking form.

        (3A)         A controlled waste tracking form for the transportation of a type of controlled waste on a road is valid only in respect of —

            (a)         the single vehicle or single tank; and

            (b)         the single waste facility,

                specified in the controlled waste tracking form.

        (3B)         For the purposes of subregulation (3A)(a) —

            (a)         if a vehicle has 2 or more trailers that contain a controlled waste, each trailer is taken to be a single vehicle; and

            (b)         if a vehicle has 2 or more tanks that contain a controlled waste, each tank is taken to be a single tank.

        (3)         Subject to subregulations (1) and (3A), a controlled waste tracking form for the transportation of a type of controlled waste on a road is valid for more than one collection of the type of controlled waste specified in the controlled waste tracking form whether collected from the same or different waste holders.

        [Regulation 36 amended: Gazette 1 Aug 2014 p. 2804-6.]