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PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1991 - NOTES

- As at 1 May 2009 - Act 60 of 1991

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   14 July 1994  
Reprint No 2   11 June 1996  
Reprint No 3   3 April 2001  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 No 60. Assented to 12.12.1991. Date of commencement, Part 1, secs 15 and 18, Sch 1, item (2) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Trust Act 1990, item (4) (a) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Public Sector Management Act 1988 and cl 3 of Part 2 of Sch 4 excepted, 1.3.1992, sec 2 and GG No 26 of 21.2.1992, p 1043; date of commencement of Part 1, secs 15 and 18, Sch 1, item (4) (a) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Public Sector Management Act 1988 and cl 3 of Part 2 of Sch 4, 16.12.1991, sec 2 and GG No 176 of 13.12.1991, p 10528; date of commencement of item (2) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Trust Act 1990, 1.7.1992, sec 2 and GG No 26 of 21.2.1992, p 1043. This Act has been amended as follows:

1992 No 34 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, assent, Sch 2.
No 57 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1992. Assented to 8.10.1992.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, assent, Sch 1.
1993 No 40 Protection of the Environment Administration (Amendment) Act 1993. Assented to 8.6.1993.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 46 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, 16.12.1991, Sch 2.
No 108 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1993. Assented to 2.12.1993.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, assent, Sch 2.
1995 No 11 Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
No 36 Public Sector Management Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 25.9.1995.
Date of commencement, 13.10.1995, sec 2. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995 No 99. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Public Sector Management Amendment Act 1995, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 99 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995. Assented to 21.12.1995.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 102 Waste Minimisation and Management Act 1995. Assented to 22.12.1995.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 6 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, 19.1.1996, sec 2 and GG No 5 of 19.1.1996, p 164.
1997 No 113 Road and Rail Transport (Dangerous Goods) Act 1997. Assented to 9.12.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 20.4.1998, sec 2 and GG No 67 of 9.4.1998, p 2491.
No 140 Contaminated Land Management Act 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 1.6.1998, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 15.5.1998, p 3368.
No 147 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.21, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 156 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9952.
1998 No 82 Environmental Trust Act 1998. Assented to 14.7.1998.
Date of commencement, 9.11.1998, sec 2 and GG No 155 of 30.10.1998, p 8511.
No 167 Protection of the Environment Administration Amendment (Environmental Education) Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998.
Date of commencement of Sch 1 (Sch 1 [2]-[6], so much of Sch 1 [9] as inserts sec 28 (8) and (9) and Sch 1 [15] excepted), 14.1.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 4 of 8.1.1999, p 14; date of commencement of Sch 1 [2]-[6], 1.7.1999, sec 2 (2) and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9952; so much of Sch 1 [9] as inserts sec 28 (8) and (9) and Sch 1 [15] were not commenced and were repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31.
1999 No 80 Pesticides Act 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.5 [1], 1.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12189; date of commencement of Sch 3.5 [2] and [3], 1.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12189.
No 85 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.
Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000 No 53 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
2001 No 58 Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.6, 8.10.2001, sec 2 and GG No 143 of 21.9.2001, p 7867.
2002 No 112 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112. Assented to 29.11.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.14, 28.4.2003, Sch 2.14 and GG No 74 of 17.4.2003, p 4487.
2003 No 82 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.27, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006 No 2 Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006.
Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
2007 No 27 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2008 No 95 Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008. Assented to 3.12.2008.
Date of commencement, 1.5.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (122) LW 17.4.2009.

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Am 1993 No 46, Sch 2; 1995 No 36, Sch 6; 1995 No 102, Sch 6; 1997 No 113, Sch 1.5; 1997 No 140, Sch 1.5; 1997 No 147, Sch 1.21; 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [1]-[3]; 1998 No 82, Sch 2.2; 1999 No 80, Sch 3.5 [1] [2]; 2001 No 58, Sch 3.6; 2002 No 112, Sch 2.14; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.41; 2008 No 95, Sch 2.8.
Sec 4 Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [4].
Sec 6 Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [6].
Sec 7 Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [5]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.54 [1].
Sec 10 Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [7] [8]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 12 Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2; 1995 No 11, Sch 1.
Sec 12A Ins 1993 No 40, sec 3.
Sec 13 Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [9]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 13A Ins 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [10].
Sec 15 Am 1995 No 102, Sch 6.
Sec 16 Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [3]; 2003 No 82, Sch 1.27.
Sec 17 Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [11]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [4]-[6]; 1999 No 80, Sch 3.5 [3].
Sec 18 Rep 1995 No 36, Sch 6.
Sec 20 Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.54 [2].
Sec 21 Am 1995 No 99, Sch 1.
Part 6, heading Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 22 Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 23 Am 2000 No 53, Sch 2.15 [1].
Sec 24 Am 2000 No 53, Sch 2.15 [2].
Part 6, Div 3 Subst 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [9].
Secs 26, 27 Subst 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 28 Subst 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [9] (am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.36 [1]).
Secs 28A-28C Ins 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 32 Subst 1992 No 57, Sch 1.
Sec 35 Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [10]; 2000 No 53, Sch 2.15 [3] [4].
Sec 40 Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 1 Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2; 1995 No 102, Sch 6; 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [12]-[16]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2.
Sch 2, heading Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [11].
Sch 2 Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2; 1993 No 108, Sch 2; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [12]-[14] [16]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2.
Sch 3 Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 4 Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [17]-[19].