Ecolex Logo
The gateway to
environmental law
Search results » Legislation

Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
New South Wales
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Waste management Transport/storage Inspection Hazardous waste Authorization/permit Classification/declassification Monitoring Pollution control Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Regulation, consisting of 115 sections divided into eleven Parts and completed by two Schedules, implements the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 by providing specifications on waste management, transport and disposal. The Regulation is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (1); Contributions by occupiers of scheduled waste facilities (2); Records, measurement of waste and monitoring at scheduled waste facilities (3); Tracking of certain waste transported within, out of and into NSW (4); Reporting on waste from metropolitan levy area transported out of NSW (5); Other provisions relating to transportation of waste (6); Transportation and management of asbestos waste (7); Recycling of consumer packaging (8); Exemptions from provisions of Act and Regulation (9); Classification of waste containing immobilised contaminants (10) and Miscellaneous (11).

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.nsw.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.

Legislation | Australia | 1997 (2019)

Keyword: Framework law, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental audit, Environmental planning, Access-to-information, Authorization/permit, Pollution control, Indigenous peoples, Policy/planning, Classification/declassification, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2005.

Legislation | Australia | 2005 (2008)

Keyword: Waste disposal, Waste management, Transport/storage, Inspection, Hazardous waste, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX