Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023 (WA)

Western Australia

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023

These regulations were repealed on 1 Sep 2024 (see r. 4).

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Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023 Contents Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023

1.Citation

These regulations are the Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023.

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 1 September 2023.

3.Temporary exemption: law relating to prohibited plastics (s. 5)

The following provisions of the Environmental Protection (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2018 are declared to be a law to which section 15 of the Commonwealth Act applies —

• (a)

  Parts 2 and 3, but only to the extent that those provisions relate to items that do not fall within the meaning of “prescribed drinking straw”, “prescribed plastic bag” or “prescribed plastic item”, as those terms were defined in those regulations as in force on 28 February 2023;

• (b)

  Parts 3A to 3C.

4.Repeal

These regulations are repealed on 1 September 2024.

Notes

This is a compilation of the Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Citation	Published	Commencement
Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023 1	SL 2023/8 24 Feb 2023	r. 1 and 2:24 Feb 2023 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Sep 2023 (see r. 2(b))
These regulations were repealed on 1 Sep 2024 (see r. 4)

Other notes

1         These regulations are repealed on 1 Sep 2024 (see r. 4).