New South Wales

Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Amendment (Removal of Exemption) Regulation 2014
under the

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.

ROB STOKES, MP Minister for the Environment

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to remove a general exemption from the waste regulatory regime that applies to bulk agricultural crop materials or manure that is applied to land. As a result, any processed, recycled, re-used or recovered bulk agricultural crop materials or manure that is applied to land is treated as waste and subject to regulation under the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2005. (That Regulation still permits exemptions from the waste regulatory regime to be granted on a case by case basis.) This Regulation is made under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, including section 323 (the general regulation-making power) and the definition of waste in the Dictionary to that Act.

Published LW 8 August 2014 (2014 No 498)

Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Amendment (Removal of Exemption) Regulation 2014 [NSW]

Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Amendment (Removal of Exemption) Regulation 2014
under the

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

1

Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Amendment (Removal of Exemption) Regulation 2014.
2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Amendment of Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2005
Clause 3B Definition of "waste"

Omit clause 3B (2).

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Published LW 8 August 2014 (2014 No 498)