Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1996 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1996 No. 32 Environmental Protection Act 1994 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (INTERIM) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1996 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 2 (Commencement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 40 (Devolution of powers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Replacement of s 49 (Waiver of application and annual licence fees) . . . 3 49 Waiver of application and annual licence fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 66 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 68 (Expiry of division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Amendment of s 70 (Expiry of division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Replacement of s 76 (Expiry of division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 76 Expiry of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 Amendment of sch 1 (Levels 1 and 2 environmentally relevant activities and licence fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12 Replacement of sch 9 (Ozone depleting substances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SCHEDULE 9 OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES 13 Amendment of sch 10 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

s1 2 s5 Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment No. 32, 1996 (No. 1) ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1996 . ˙ Commencement 2. Section 6 commences on 1 March 1996. ˙ Regulation amended 3. This regulation amends the EnvironmentalProtection(Interim)Regulation 1995 . ˙ Amendment of s 2 (Commencement) 4. Section 2(3), ‘1 March 1996’— omit, insert— ‘30 April 1996’. ˙ Amendment of s 40 (Devolution of powers) 5. Section 40(2) and (3)— omit, insert— ‘ (2) However, the administration and enforcement of the Act for an activity carried out, or to be carried out, at a place in a local government area is not devolved to the local government for the area if— (a) the activity includes carrying out another activity at the same place; and (b) the administration and enforcement of the Act for the other activity is not devolved to the local government. ‘ (3) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to the following— (a) an activity carried out, or to be carried out, by a local government or the State;

s6 3 s6 Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment No. 32, 1996 (No. 1) (b) an itinerant activity carried out, or to be carried out, by a person in more than 1 local government area.’. ˙ Replacement of s 49 (Waiver of application and annual licence fees) 6. Section 49— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Waiver of application and annual licence fees ‘ 49.(1) A person may apply to the administering authority for it to waive, wholly or partially, payment by the person of the licence application fee or annual licence fee for an activity. ‘ (2) The administering authority may waive payment of the fee only if it is satisfied— (a) payment of the fee would cause the person financial hardship; or (b) the person holds a concurrent authority for the activity; or (c) the risk of material or serious environmental harm from the activity is significantly smaller than the risk associated with most other activities of its type; or (d) the risk of environmental harm or environmental nuisance from the activity is insignificant. ‘ (3) In deciding whether to waive payment under subsection (2)(b), the administering authority must consider the extent to which, compared to the Environmental Protection Act 1994 — (a) the activity’s effects on environmental values were considered in deciding whether to issue the concurrent authority; and (b) the activity is controlled under the Act under which the concurrent authority was issued. ‘ (4) In deciding whether to waive payment under subsection (2)(c) or (d), the administering authority must consider the following— (a) the matters it must consider if it were deciding whether to grant

s7 4 s8 Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment No. 32, 1996 (No. 1) an application for the licence; 1 (b) any relevant industry code of practice; (c) any relevant cleaner production techniques; (d) any relevant waste minimisation practices; (e) whether the activity is, or will be, carried out under an environmental management program; (f) any contingency plans to manage abnormal or emergency situations that may arise in carrying out the activity. ‘ (5) Also, the administering authority may waive payment of a fee only if it is satisfied the activity is being, or will be, carried out in a way that complies with the licence. ‘ (6) If the administering authority waives payment of an amount of a fee paid by the person, it must repay the amount to the person. ‘ (7) In this section— “concurrent authority” , for an activity, means an authority (however described) issued under another Act to carry out the activity after a consideration of the activity’s effects on 1 or more environmental values.’. ˙ Amendment of s 66 (Definitions) 7. Section 66, definition “national air quality standard” , ‘the lower value of’— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 68 (Expiry of division) 8. Section 68, ‘first’— omit, insert— ‘second’. 1 See section 44 (Criteria for deciding application) of the Act.

s 9 5 s 11 Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment No. 32, 1996 (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of s 70 (Expiry of division) 9. Section 70, ‘first’— omit, insert— ‘second’. ˙ Replacement of s 76 (Expiry of division) 10. Section 76— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Expiry of division ‘ 76.(1) Section 74 expires on the first applicable day. 2 ‘ (2) The remainder of this division expires on the second applicable day. 3 ’. ˙ Amendment of sch 1 (Levels 1 and 2 environmentally relevant activities and licence fees) 11.(1) Schedule 1, heading before item 15— omit, insert— ‘ Electricity, fuel burning and water supply activities ’. (2) Schedule 1, item 16— omit, insert— ‘ 16. Fuel burning—any process involving the use of fuel burning equipment (including, for example, a standby power generator) that is capable of burning (whether alone or in total) 500 kg or more of fuel per hour . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 000.00’. (3) Schedule 1, item 24, after ‘surfaces’— 2 Section 74 (Fees for continuing licences). Section 224 of the Act defines “first applicable day”. 3 Section 224 of the Act defines “second applicable day”.

s 11 6 s 11 Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment No. 32, 1996 (No. 1) insert— ‘, other than spray painting motor vehicles’. (4) Schedule 1, item 28, after ‘repairs’— insert— ‘, spray painting’. (5) Schedule 1, item 32, from ‘year’— omit, insert— ‘year— (a) if an integral part of the activity involves the operation of a rendering plant with a design production capacity of more than 10 t per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply . . . . . . . . . (6) Schedule 1, item 37— omit, insert— ‘ 37. Bottling or canning—bottling or canning food (other than a type of activity mentioned in items 29 to 36) in works having a design production capacity of 200 t or more per year . . . . . . . . . . . (7) Schedule 1, item 45, ‘item 27’— omit, insert— ‘item 21’. (8) Schedule 1, item 49, ‘item 50’— omit, insert — ‘item 32(a) or 46’. (9) Schedule 1, item 53, ‘ginning or’— omit. (10) Schedule 1, item 63— omit, insert— 1 1 1 6 020.00 5 220.00’. 4 440.00’.

s 12 7 s 12 Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment No. 32, 1996 (No. 1) ‘ 63. Motor racing— (a) conducting a motor race other than an international motor race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) conducting an international motor race . . . (11) Schedule 1, item 66, ‘items 73 and 74’— omit, insert— ‘items 64 and 65’. (12) Schedule 1, item 72, ‘items 78 to 80’— omit, insert— ‘item 69 or 70’. (13) Schedule 1, item 81, ‘items 87 to 90’— omit, insert— ‘items 77 to 80’. 2* 2 — —’. ˙ Replacement of sch 9 (Ozone depleting substances) 12. Schedule 9— omit, insert— ‘ SCHEDULE 9 ‘ OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES sch 10, def “ozone depleting substances” Substance Common name Chemical formula CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS Trichlorofluoromethane CFC 11 CCl3F

s 12 8 s 12 Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment No. 32, 1996 (No. 1) Dichlorodifluoromethane Monochlorotrifluoromethane Pentachlorofluoroethane Tetrachlorodifluoroethane Trichlorotrifluoroethane Dichlorotetrafluoroethane Monochloropentafluoroethane Heptachlorofluoropropane Hexachloradifluoropropane Pentachlorotrifluoropropane Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropane Trichloropentafluoropropane Dichlorohexafluoropropane Chloroheptafluoropropane CFC 12 CFC 13 CFC 111 CFC 112 CFC 113 CFC 114 CFC 115 CFC 211 CFC 212 CFC 213 CFC 214 CFC 215 CFC 216 CFC 217 CCl 2F2 CClF 3 C 2 Cl 5 F C 2 Cl 4F2 C 2 Cl 3F3 C 2 Cl 2F4 C 2 ClF 5 C 3 Cl 7 F C 3 Cl 6F2 C 3 Cl 5F3 C 3 Cl 4F4 C 3 Cl 3F5 C 3 Cl 2F6 C 3 ClF 7 HALONS Bromochlorodifluoromethane Bromotrifluoromethane Dibromotetrafluoroethane Halon 1211 Halon 1301 Halon 2402 CBrClF 2 CBrF 3 C 2 Br 2F4 OTHER SUBSTANCES Carbon tetrachloride 1, 1, 1 – Trichloroethane Methyl Chloroform CCl 4 C 2 H 3 Cl 3 ’.

s 13 9 s 13 Environmental Protection (Interim) Amendment No. 32, 1996 (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of sch 10 (Dictionary) 13.(1) Schedule 10, definition “motor vehicle” — omit. (2) Schedule 10— insert— ‘ “commercial” , for an activity mentioned in schedule 1, 4 means carried out for a fee or reward. “motor race” means a race involving vehicles propelled by a motor, or practice or a time trial for a race involving vehicles propelled by a motor, conducted on a racing track or circuit. “motor vehicle” means— (a) for part 3 and the definition “motor vehicle airconditioning equipment” —a vehicle to which airconditioning equipment can be fitted; or (b) for other provisions— (i) a hovercraft; or (ii) a vehicle, that is propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle and moves on wheels, other than a train or tram.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 15 February 1996. 2. Notified in the gazette on 16 February 1996. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Environment and Heritage. © State of Queensland 1996 4 Schedule 1 (Levels 1 and 2 environmentally relevant activities and licence fees)