Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2021 (WA)

19 November 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5127

ENVIRONMENT

EV301

Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 2021

SL 2021/190

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Environmental Protection Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 2021.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

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3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Environmental Protection

Regulations 1987.

4.           Part 3A inserted

After regulation 50 insert:

Part 3A Use of mercury in manufacturing

5P. Terms used

In this Part —

mercury means elemental mercury (Hg(0),

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M ercury-added product means a product or product

component that contains mercury or a mercury

compound that was intentionally added;

mercury compound means any substance consisting of

atoms of mercury and 1 or more atoms of another
chemical element, which can only be separated into

different components by a chemical reaction;

prohibited manufacturing process —

(a) means a process that uses mercury or a mercury compound to produce any of the following —

(i) acetaldehyde;

(ii) chlor-alkali;

(iii) polyurethane;

(iv)    potassium ethylate;

(v)      potassium methylate;

(vi)    sodium ethylate;

(vii)    sodium methylate;

(viii) vinyl chloride monomer;

but

(b) does not include a process that uses a mercury-added product instead of mercury or a mercury compound.

5Q. Offence to conduct a prohibited manufacturing

process

A person must not conduct a prohibited manufacturing process.

Penalty: a fine of $20 000.

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.