Protection of the Environment Operations Legislation Amendment (Waste) Regulation 2018 (NSW)
New South Wales
Protection of the Environment Operations
Legislation Amendment (Waste) Regulation
2018
under the
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following
Regulation under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.
GABRIELLE UPTON, MP
Minister for the Environment
Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are as follows:
| (a) | to create an offence of exhuming waste from a landfill site (maximum penalty of $44,000 if the offence is committed by a corporation and $22,000 if the offence is committed by an individual), |
| (b) | to make it a condition of an environment protection licence for a construction and demolition waste |
facility (being a scheduled waste facility in certain areas that has received 6,000 tonnes or more of
construction waste in any 12-month period) that the requirements set out in the Standards for
managing construction waste in NSW prepared by the Environment Protection Authority (the EPA)
are complied with at the facility,
| (c) | to make provision with respect to waste contributions payable by occupiers of scheduled waste facilities, including with respect to deductions for the transportation of waste, a discount for recovered fines applied to land as daily cover and permitting the EPA to make estimates as to the amount of waste at a facility, and to provide a rebate in certain circumstances, |
| (d) | to permit (with the approval of the EPA) the use of waste as biofilters or bedding layers in a landfill, |
| (e) | to make further provision with respect to the transportation or disposal of asbestos waste, |
| (f) | to modify the scheduled activities of energy recovery, resource recovery, waste processing (non-thermal treatment) and waste storage set out in Schedule 1 to the Protection of the Environment |
Operations Act 1997 (the Act) and to update the definition of organics in that Schedule,
| (g) | to exempt certain scheduled waste facilities from the requirement to have a weighbridge installed, |
| (h) | to require video monitoring systems at scheduled waste facilities to be maintained, for recordings to be kept for 3 years and to prohibit activities taking place when the system is not fully operational, |
(i) to make further provision with respect to exemptions from provisions of the Act and the Protection
of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014 relating to resource recovery,
| (j) | to exempt the occupier of a landfill site that receives only virgin excavated natural material from certain reporting requirements, |
| (k) | to provide that certain activities carried out in relation to the management or remediation of contaminated land is not land pollution, |
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Explanatory note
| (l) | to provide for the issue of penalty notices for certain offences, |
| (m) | to update references to merged and renamed local government areas. |
This Regulation is made under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, including sections 5 (3), 83 (2) (o), 88 (2), (3) and (5), 222, 226, 227 (1) and (3), 286 and 323 (the general regulation-making power), Schedule 2 and the Dictionary (paragraph (b) of the definition of land pollution or pollution of land and paragraphs (d) and (e) of the definition of waste).
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Protection of the Environment Operations Legislation
Amendment (Waste) Regulation 2018
under the
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Protection of the Environment Operations Legislation
Amendment (Waste) Regulation 2018.
2 Commencement
(1) Except as provided by subclause (2), this Regulation commences on the day on
which it is published on the NSW legislation website.(2) Schedule 2 [8] and [27] commence 6 months after the day on which this Regulation
is published on the NSW legislation website.
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Schedule 1 Amendment of Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156
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[1] Schedule 1 Scheduled activities
Insert “in the case of an activity that meets the criteria to be the scheduled activity of waste disposal (thermal treatment)—” before “an exemption” in clause 18 (3) (b).
[2] Schedule 1, clause 34 (2B)
Insert after clause 34 (2A):
(2B) This clause also does not apply to the receiving of waste at premises from off site and its processing if the only waste received from off site is untreated wood waste (other than sawdust or wood shavings) and that wood waste is processed by being cut or split into smaller pieces (other than by chipping) for sale as firewood. [3] Schedule 1, clause 41 (2AB)
Insert after clause 41 (2AA):
(2AB) This clause also does not apply to the receiving of waste at premises from off site and its processing if the only waste received from off site is untreated wood waste (other than sawdust or wood shavings) and that wood waste is processed by being cut or split into smaller pieces (other than by chipping) for sale as firewood. [4] Schedule 1, clause 42 (1A)
Insert after clause 42 (1):
(1A) Waste is taken to be stored at premises for the purposes of this clause even if the waste is only being transferred at those premises between units of rolling stock, motor vehicles or trailers. [5] Schedule 1, clause 42 (2C)
Insert after clause 42 (2B):
(2C) This clause also does not apply to the receiving of waste at premises from off site and its storage if the only waste received from off site is untreated wood waste (other than sawdust or wood shavings) and that wood waste has been cut or split into smaller pieces (other than by chipping) as firewood. [6] Schedule 1, clause 50 (1), definition of “organics”
Omit “biosolids and animal materials” from paragraph (a).
Insert instead “animal materials and biosolids (other than biosolids categorised as unrestricted use, or as restricted use 1, 2 or 3, in accordance with the criteria set out in the
Biosolids Guidelines)”.
[7] Schedule 1, clause 50 (1), definition of “regulated area”
Omit the definition. Insert instead:
regulated area means the local government areas of Ballina, Bayside,
Bellingen, City of Blacktown, City of Blue Mountains, Burwood, Byron, Camden, City of Campbelltown, Canada Bay, Canterbury-Bankstown, Central Coast, City of Cessnock, Clarence Valley, City of Coffs Harbour, Cumberland, Dungog, City of Fairfield, Georges River, City of Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Hunter’s Hill, Inner West, Kempsey, Kiama, Ku-ring-gai, Kyogle,
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City of Lake Macquarie, Lane Cove, City of Lismore, City of Liverpool, City of Maitland, Mid-Coast, Mosman, Muswellbrook, Nambucca, City of Newcastle, North Sydney, Northern Beaches, City of Parramatta, City of Penrith, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Port Stephens, City of Randwick, Richmond Valley, City of Ryde, City of Shellharbour, City of Shoalhaven, Singleton, Strathfield, Sutherland Shire, City of Sydney, The Hills Shire, Tweed, Upper Hunter Shire, Waverley, City of Willoughby, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly, City of Wollongong and Woollahra.
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[1] Clause 3 Interpretation
Insert in alphabetical order in clause 3 (1):
metropolitan levy area or MLA means the local government areas of Bayside,
City of Blacktown, Burwood, Camden, City of Campbelltown, Canada Bay, Canterbury-Bankstown, Central Coast, City of Cessnock, Cumberland, City of Fairfield, Georges River, City of Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Hunter’s Hill, Inner West, Kiama, Ku-ring-gai, City of Lake Macquarie, Lane Cove, City of Liverpool, City of Maitland, Mosman, City of Newcastle, North Sydney, Northern Beaches, City of Parramatta, City of Penrith, Port Stephens, City of Randwick, City of Ryde, City of Shellharbour, City of Shoalhaven, Strathfield, Sutherland Shire, City of Sydney, The Hills Shire, Waverley, City of Willoughby, Wingecarribee, City of Wollongong and Woollahra.
[2] Part 2 Contributions by occupiers of scheduled waste facilities
Insert after the heading to the Part:
Note. Section 88 of the Act provides that the occupier of a waste facility that is required
to have an environment protection licence must pay a contribution to the EPA in respect of all waste received at the facility. This Part sets out how that contribution is to be determined. Division 3 provides how the contribution is to be calculated. Division 4 sets out deductions that may be made from any such contribution and Division 2 sets out how and when the contribution is to be paid. Division 5 sets out some exemptions from the requirement to pay a contribution and Division 6 requires the occupier to report to the EPA on the amount of waste received in a month to ensure that the correct contribution is paid.
[3] Clause 7 Definitions
Omit the definition of metropolitan levy area or MLA.
[4] Clause 7, definition of “regional levy area or RLA”
Omit the definition. Insert instead:
regional levy area or RLA means the local government areas of Ballina,
Bellingen, City of Blue Mountains, Byron, Clarence Valley, City of Coffs Harbour, Dungog, Kempsey, Kyogle, City of Lismore, Mid-Coast, Muswellbrook, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Richmond Valley, Singleton, Tweed, Upper Hunter Shire and Wollondilly.
[5] Clause 10B
Omit the clause. Insert instead:
10B When contributions are to be paid by waste facilities that are not disposal
facilities (except for trackable liquid waste)
(1) For the purposes of section 88 (3) (b) of the Act, the time within which a contribution payable by an occupier of a waste facility that is not a scheduled waste disposal facility is to be paid in respect of waste (other than trackable liquid waste) received at the facility is:
(a) 26 days after the end of the month following the month in which the waste is transported from the facility if, before the end of the 12-month period after the end of the month in which it was received: (i) the waste is transported from the facility, or
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(ii) the waste has been processed at the facility to any standards required by a resource recovery order applying, at the time that the processing is completed, to the occupier of the facility in relation to the supply of the waste, or
(b)
26 days after the end of the month following the month in which the waste is received if, at the end of the month in which the waste is received:
(i)
the amount of waste at the facility (other than trackable liquid waste and waste generated at the facility, but including waste generated at the facility from waste received at the facility) exceeds the authorised amount, and
(ii)
the waste forms part of the amount by which the authorised amount is exceeded, or
(c)
12 months after the end of the month in which the waste is received at the facility in any other case.
(2) In this clause: authorised amount, in relation to a waste facility, means the maximum amount of waste that may be at the facility at any one time under the terms of
the environment protection licence for the facility.resource recovery order means an order made under Part 9.
[6] Clause 11 Determination of rate
Omit “10 cents and, if the amount to be rounded is 5 cents, rounded up” from clause 11 (1) (b).
Insert instead “10 cent multiple (with an amount of 5 cents to be rounded up)”.
[7] Clause 12 Calculation of contributions
Insert “at a scheduled waste disposal facility” after “2014” wherever occurring in clause 12 (7) (a) and (b).
[8] Clause 12 (7) (c)
Insert at the end of clause 12 (7) (b):
, and
(c)
the MLA amount or RLA amount, in respect of recovered fines applied to land as daily cover at a scheduled waste disposal facility, is 25 per cent of the MLA amount, or RLA amount, otherwise applying for the purposes of this Division (as calculated under clause 11) if:
(i)
the recovered fines (being recovered fines meeting the requirements of Recovered Fines Alternative Daily Cover
Specifications published by the EPA in the Gazette and as
amended or replaced from time to time (the Recovered Fines
Specifications)) are received at the facility on or after the date on
which this paragraph commenced, and(ii) the facility is authorised (in the environment protection licence for the facility) to receive the recovered fines and to apply the recovered fines to land as daily cover, and
(iii) the facility has obtained, from the scheduled waste facility that supplied the recovered fines, a statement in the approved form that certifies that the fines have been sampled and tested in accordance with the Recovered Fines Specifications and that fines comply with the Recovered Fines Specifications.
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[9] Clause 12 (8)
Omit “to two decimal places (rounding 0.005 cent upwards)”.
Insert instead “to the nearest 10 cent multiple (with an amount of 5 cents to be rounded up)”.
[10] Clause 15 Approval of operational purpose
Insert at the end of the table to clause 15 (1):
10
Waste of any kind.
Bedding layers to protect landfill lining systems if the layers are of a kind specified in the Waste Levy Guidelines.
11 Biofilter media and aggregate Biofilters for pollution or odour control
layers. (including underlying aggregate layers) that are
in accordance with the conditions of an
environment protection licence.
[11] Clause 15 (7)
Insert after clause 15 (6):
(7) The EPA may grant an exemption under clause 91 to the occupier of a scheduled waste facility from the requirement under section 48 of the Act to hold a licence for the scheduled activity of waste disposal in respect of waste used at the facility for an operational purpose approved by the EPA.
[12] Clause 16
Omit the clause. Insert instead:
16 Transported waste deduction other than for trackable liquid waste
(1)
The occupier of a scheduled waste facility who is required to pay a contribution under section 88 of the Act may deduct from a contribution payable under that section an amount in respect of:
(a)
waste received at the facility that has been recovered, recycled or processed at that facility (in accordance with any requirements of the Waste Levy Guidelines) and transported from the facility to another place for a lawful use, or
(b)
waste that has been processed at the facility (to any standards required by a resource recovery order applying at the time that the processing is completed to the occupier of the facility in relation to the supply of the waste) and transported from the facility to another place for a lawful use, or
(c)
waste transported from the scheduled waste facility to another facility for recovery, recycling, processing or disposal but only if the occupier satisfies the EPA that the other facility may lawfully be used as a waste facility and that the waste was received by the other facility for lawful recovery, recycling, processing or disposal.
(2) A deduction is not available under this clause in respect of:
(a) trackable liquid waste received at the facility, or (b) landfill gas or anything derived from landfill gas, or (c) landfill leachate or anything derived from landfill leachate, or (d) waste exhumed in contravention of clause 110A.
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(3) The EPA may require a person seeking to obtain a deduction under this clause to provide records or such other evidence that satisfies the EPA of any matter relating to the person’s eligibility for the deduction and, in any such case, the deduction is not available unless the person satisfies the EPA of the particular matter. (4) The EPA may require, by notice in writing, that the occupier of a scheduled
waste facility who obtains a deduction under this clause:
(a) engage an independent person (approved by the EPA) to conduct an audit of, and to prepare a report on, deductions claimed under this clause for the period specified in the notice, and (b) to ensure that a copy of the report is provided to the EPA within the time specified in the notice. (5) An occupier to whom a notice is given must comply with the notice. Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 100 penalty units in the case of an individual.
[13] Clause 18 Provisions applicable in relation to all deductions
Insert at the end of clause 18 (1) (c):
, or
(d) was received at the facility more than 24 months before the date of the deduction and the deduction is a deduction under clause 14.
[14] Clause 19 Payment of contributions for putrescible waste landfill sites subject of supervisory licence
Omit the clause.
[15] Clause 23 Periodic volumetric surveys of scheduled waste facilities
Omit clause 23 (1) (b). Insert instead:
(b) in any other case:
(i) determine the amount of waste at the facility in a manner and at such time as may be required by the EPA by notice in writing to the occupier, and (ii) keep records of the results in accordance with the requirements specified in the notice, and
(iii) provide the results to the EPA in accordance with the requirements of the notice.
[16] Clause 25 Interest on unpaid contributions
Omit “and as compound interest” from clause 25 (1).
[17] Clauses 25A and 25B
Insert after clause 25:
25A EPA may estimate changes to mass of waste
(1)
This clause applies if the EPA reasonably believes that the mass of waste may have changed while it is at a scheduled waste facility or the occupier of the facility has incorrectly calculated the mass of waste at a facility.
(2)
The EPA may, for the purposes of this Part, estimate the amount of waste at a facility at a particular time and as a result of that estimate adjust a report under clause 22 and any contribution liability accordingly.
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(3)
The EPA, in making an estimation under this clause, may take into consideration any information available to the EPA including any volumetric surveys of the waste, the records of the facility and any information provided by an authorised officer who has inspected the facility.
(4) This clause applies to a scheduled waste facility regardless of whether the
facility is also permitted to carry out waste disposal.
25B Rebate of contribution The EPA may pay a rebate to the occupier of a scheduled waste facility that is not a scheduled waste disposal facility of an amount equivalent to any contribution under section 88 of the Act in respect of waste if the EPA is satisfied that the waste has been transported from the scheduled waste facility for recovery, recycling, processing or disposal to another facility that may lawfully be used as a waste facility and that the waste was received for lawful recovery, recycling, processing or disposal.
[18] Clause 36 Weighbridges at facilities whose occupiers are required to pay waste contributions
Omit clause 36 (2). Insert instead:
(2) This clause does not apply to the occupier of a scheduled waste facility that receives only the following waste for storage, treatment, processing, sorting or disposal:
(a) clinical and related waste, (b) hazardous waste, (c) liquid waste, (d) restricted solid waste.
[19] Clause 39 EPA may require video monitoring system
Omit clause 39 (1) (a). Insert instead:
(a) to install, operate and maintain in the manner specified in the notice a video monitoring system that conforms with the specifications in the notice, and
[20] Clause 39 (2) (a1)
Insert after clause 39 (2) (a):
(a1) ensure that no activity takes place under the environment protection licence for the facility at any time when the video monitoring system is not fully operational, and
[21] Clause 39 (2) (b)
Omit “one year”. Insert instead “3 years”.
[22] Clause 64 Definitions
Omit the definition of metropolitan levy area.
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[23] Clause 78
Omit the clause. Insert instead:
78 General requirements applying to transportation of asbestos waste
(1) A person who transports asbestos waste must ensure that any part of any vehicle in which the person transports the waste is covered, and leak-proof, during its transportation. (2) A person who transports bonded asbestos material must ensure that it is
securely packaged during its transportation.(3) A person who transports friable asbestos material must ensure that it is in a
sealed container during its transportation.(4) A person who transports asbestos waste (other than bonded asbestos material that is securely packaged or friable asbestos material that is in a sealed container) must ensure that it is wetted down during its transportation. Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.
[24] Clause 80 Disposal of asbestos waste
Omit clause 80 (3). Insert instead:
(3) The following persons must ensure that when a person unloads or disposes of asbestos waste at a landfill site (regardless of whether the site is subject to an environment protection licence) no dust is generated from the waste:
(a) the person unloading or disposing of the asbestos waste, (b) the occupier of the landfill site.
[25] Clause 80 (4)
Omit “The occupier”.
Insert instead “Subject to any alternative cover conditions provided in an environment protection licence held by the occupier or approved in writing by the EPA, the occupier”.
[26] Clause 80 (4)
Omit “or (if expressly authorised by an environment protection licence held by the occupier) other material”.
[27] Part 8A
Insert after clause 90:
Part 8A Construction and demolition waste facilities
90A Definitions In this Part:
construction includes demolition, repair or alteration.
construction and demolition waste facility—see clause 90B.construction waste means:
(a)
material that results from the construction of buildings or infrastructure (such as roads, tunnels, airports and infrastructure for sewage, water, electricity and telecommunications) and includes materials such as:
(i) bricks, concrete, paper, plastics, glass and metal, and
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(ii) timber, including unsegregated timber, that may contain timber treated with chemicals, and
(iii) soil or other excavated material (but not virgin excavated natural material within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Act), and
Note. Construction waste includes all building and demolition waste within
the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Act.
(b) material processed from any material to which paragraph (a) applies, (c) waste that contains any material to which paragraph (a) or (b) applies. Standards for managing construction waste in NSW means the Standards for managing construction waste in NSW published in the Gazette by the EPA and
as amended or replaced from time to time.
90B Construction and demolition waste facility
(1)
A scheduled waste facility that is not solely a scheduled waste disposal facility is a construction and demolition waste facility for the purposes of this Part if:
(a)
it is in the metropolitan levy area and it receives 6,000 tonnes or more of construction waste in any 12-month period, or
(b)
it is in the regional levy area and it receives 6,000 tonnes or more of construction waste from the metropolitan levy area in any 12-month period.
(2)
A facility that is a construction and demolition waste facility continues to be a construction and demolition waste facility for the remaining period of its environment protection licence even if it ceases to receive construction waste.
90C Compliance with standards
(1)
It is a condition of an environment protection licence for a scheduled waste facility that is a construction and demolition waste facility that the requirements set out in the Standards for managing construction waste in NSW are complied with at the facility.
(2)
The EPA may require, by notice in writing, that the holder of an environment protection licence for a scheduled waste facility that is a construction and demolition waste facility:
(a)
engage a person (approved by the EPA) to conduct an audit of, and to prepare a report on, the holder’s compliance with subclause (1), and
(b)
ensure that the audit and report are completed and a copy of the report is provided to the EPA.
(3)
It is a condition of an environment protection licence for a scheduled waste facility that is a construction and demolition waste facility that the requirements of any notice given to the holder under this clause are complied with within the time (if any) specified in the notice.
90D Exemptions The EPA may grant an exemption under Part 9 from any provisions of this
Part.
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[28] Clause 92 Exemptions relating to resource recovery
Omit clause 92 (1). Insert instead:
(1) This clause applies to the following waste:
(a) waste (including any processed, recycled, re-used or recovered substance that is produced wholly or partly from waste) that is applied, or is intended to be applied, to land as follows: (i) by spraying, spreading or depositing it on the land,
(ii) by ploughing, injecting or mixing it into the land,
(iii) by filling, raising, reclaiming or contouring the land,
(b) waste (including any processed, recycled, re-used or recovered substance that is produced wholly or partly from waste) that is used, or is intended to be used, as a fuel, (c) waste used, or intended to be used, in connection with a process of thermal treatment.
[29] Clause 93 Supply of waste to which resource recovery exemptions apply
Omit clause 93 (2). Insert instead:
(2) An order can only be issued under this clause in relation to the supply by a
person of:
(a) resource recovery waste that has been generated, processed or recovered by the person, or (b) waste that will become resource recovery waste.
[30] Clause 109 Reporting requirements for non-paying waste facilities, and for landfill sites outside regulated area
Omit clause 109 (2). Insert instead:
(2) However, this clause does not apply to the occupier of any landfill site that receives virgin excavated natural material only (and not any other type of waste).
[31] Clause 110A
Insert after clause 110:
| 110A | Offence to exhume waste from landfill site | |
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Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.
(2)
This clause does not affect the operation of a scheduled waste facility that is operating on a former landfill site if the landfill site is closed and capped and no waste is removed from beneath that cap.
(3)
This clause does not apply if the waste is exhumed as a consequence of works authorised in writing by the EPA, or authorised by the environment protection licence for the facility, and notified to the EPA in writing at least 2 days (or such greater period as may be specified in the written authorisation of the EPA or the environment protection licence) before the works commence.
(4) It is a defence in any proceedings for an offence against this clause if the
defendant establishes that:
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(a) the waste was exhumed in an emergency to protect human health or the environment, or (b) the waste was exhumed in accordance with a written direction of the EPA.
[32] Schedule 1A Savings and transitional provisions
Insert after Part 1:
Part 2 Provisions consequent on commencement of
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Legislation Amendment (Waste) Regulation 20185 Construction waste facility
In calculating a 12-month period for the purposes of clause 90B, all or part of the period commencing 12 months before the commencement of that clause may be included.
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[1] Clause 51A
Insert after clause 51:
51A Fit and proper persons For the purposes of section 83 (2) (o) of the Act, the appropriate regulatory authority may take into account whether the person has, within the previous 3 years, failed to pay any fee or other amount payable under the environment protection legislation or has paid any such fee or amount late.
[2] Clause 109 Definition of “land pollution”
Insert after clause 109 (1):
(1A) Matter referred to in subclause (1) is excluded from the definition of land pollution or pollution of land in the Dictionary to the Act if the matter is placed in or on, or otherwise introduced into or onto, land on which the matter
was generated:
(a)
in accordance with an approved voluntary management proposal, management order or ongoing maintenance order under the
Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 or a public positive
covenant or restriction imposed under section 29 of that Act, or
(b) as part of category 1 remediation work carried out under State Environmental Planning Policy No 55—Remediation of Land.
[3] Schedule 6 Penalty notice offences
Omit the matter relating to clauses 78, 80 (1), 80 (2), 80 (3) and 80 (4) under the heading
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Insert in appropriate order:
Clause 16 (5) 3 $750 $1,500 Clause 78 (1) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the
penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)
Clause 78 (2) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)
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Clause 78 (3) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)Clause 78 (4) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)Clause 80 (1) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)Clause 80 (2) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)Clause 80 (3) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)
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Clause 80 (4) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)Clause 110A (1) 1, 2 $4,000 (if the $8,000 (if the penalty penalty notice is notice is served by a served by a class 1 class 1 enforcement enforcement officer) or officer) or $15,000 (in any $7,500 (in other case) any other
case)
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