Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (M5 East Tunnel) Regulation 2013 (NSW)
2013 No 61
New South Wales
Protection of the Environment
Operations (General) Amendment
(M5 East Tunnel) Regulation 2013
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.
ROBYN PARKER, MP
Minister for the Environment
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to increase the penalty payable for a penalty notice issued in respect of an offence under the Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2010 of using a heavy vehicle that emits excessive air impurities in the M5 East Tunnel from $200 (or $400 in the case of a corporation) to $2,000.
This Regulation is made under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, including sections 227 and 323 (the general regulation-making power).
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Protection of the Environment Operations (General)
Amendment (M5 East Tunnel) Regulation 2013
under the
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Protection of the Environment Operations
(General) Amendment (M5 East Tunnel) Regulation 2013.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 March 2013 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Amendment of Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009
Schedule 6 Penalty notice offences
Omit the matter relating to clause 16 (1) of the Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2010 from Columns 1–4.
Insert instead:
Clause 16 (1) in relation to the 3 $2,000 — emission of excessive air impurities
by a heavy vehicle (within the
meaning of the Road Transport
(Vehicle Registration) Act 1997)
being used in the M5 East TunnelClause 16 (1) in any other case 3 $200 $400
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