Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021 (WA)

Western Australia

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021

These regulations were repealed on 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 4).

Western Australia

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021 Contents Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007

Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007

Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021

1.Citation

These regulations are the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 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 1 July 2022.

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

• (1)

  For the purposes of section 46 of the Commonwealth Act, the Environmental Protection (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2018 Parts 2 and 3 are declared to be exempt from the operation of the Commonwealth Act.

• (2)

  Subregulation (1) applies to the Environmental Protection (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2018 Parts 2 and 3 only to the extent that those provisions relate to items that 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.

[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2023/11 r. 4.]

4.Repeal

These regulations are repealed on 1 July 2023.

Notes

This is a compilation of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Citation	Published	Commencement
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021	SL 2021/210 17 Dec 2021	r. 1 and 2: 17 Dec 2021 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2022 (see r. 2(b))
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Amendment Regulations 2023	SL 2023/11 24 Feb 2023	r. 1 and 2: 24 Feb 2023 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Mar 2023 (see r. 2(b))
These regulations were repealed on 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 4)