Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Part 1 Preliminary
   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Act binds Crown
   4.      Interpretation
   5.      Objectives
   6.      Application
   7.      Civil remedies and common law not affected
           Part 2 Administration
   8.      Delegation
   9.      Register
   10.     Commercially confidential information
   11.     Consultative committees
           Part 3 Environmental duties
   12.     General environmental duty
   13.     Person complying with code complies with general environmental duty
   14.     Duty to notify of incidents causing or threatening to cause pollution
           Part 4 Environment protection objectives
           Division 1 Purpose and contents of objectives
   15.     Purpose of environment protection objectives
   16.     Matters dealt with by environment protection objectives
   17.     Contents of environment protection objectives
   18.     Beneficial uses, &c., under
           Division 2 Preparation and exhibition of proposed objectives
   19.     Notification of intention to prepare draft environment protection objectives
   20.     Preparation and exhibition of draft objectives
   21.     Submission of draft environment protection objectives to Administrator
   22.     National environment protection measure may be incorporated as environment protection objective
   23.     Administrator may approve environment protection objective
   24.     Overlap between national measure and other objective or law
   25.     Objectives to be available to public
           Division 3 Amendment and revocation of objectives
   26.     Amendment of objectives
   27.     Minor amendments to objectives
   28.     Procedure for revocation
   29.     Revocation of objectives
           Part 5 Environment protection approvals and licences and best practice licences
           Division 1 Grant of approvals and licences
   30.     Where approval or licence required
   31.     Application for approvals and licences
   32.     Matters to be considered in granting approvals and licences
   33.     Additional matters to be considered in granting best practice licence
   34.     Grant of approvals and licences
           Division 2 Conditions of approvals and licences
   35.     Conditions of approvals and licences
   36.     Conditions relating to financial assurances
   37.     Application to amend or revoke conditions
   38.     Amendment or revocation of conditions
           Division 3 Miscellaneous
   39.     Person must comply with approval or licence
   40.     Duration and renewal of licences
   41.     Duration of approval
   42.     Annual fee
   43.     Notification of ceasing to conduct licensed activity and surrender of licence
   44.     Best practice licence may be downgraded to environment protection licence, &c.
   45.     Suspension and cancellation of licences
   46.     Transfer of environment protection approval or environment protection licence
           Part 6 Environmental audits
   47.     Environmental audits
   48.     Chief Executive Officer may require environmental audit program to be carried out
   49.     Court may order environmental audit program to be carried out
   50.     Amendment and revocation of environmental audit programs
   51.     Performance and reporting under program
   52.     Offences
   53.     Audit results may be placed on register
   54.     Voluntary environmental audit results are privileged
           Part 7 Compliance plans
   55.     Purpose of compliance plans
   56.     Contents of compliance plans
   57.     Voluntary compliance plans
   58.     Minister may require compliance plan
   59.     Court may order compliance plan
   60.     Matters to be taken into account in determining whether to approve compliance plan
   61.     Approval of compliance plans
   62.     Effect of compliance plans
   63.     Offences in relation to compliance plans
   64.     Amendment and revocation of compliance plans
   65.     Minister to notify of approval of compliance plan
           Part 8 Performance agreements
   66.     Minister may enter into performance agreements
           Part 9 Accreditation
   67.     Qualified persons to perform environmental audits for programs, &c.
   68.     Register of qualified persons
   69.     Qualifications for registration
           Part 10 Enforcement
           Division 1 Authorised officers
   70.     Authorised officers
   71.     Identity cards
   72.     Powers of authorised officers
   73.     Exercise of powers in relation to residential premises
   74.     Authorised officer may require information
   75.     Self-incrimination
   76.     Obstructing authorised officers
           Division 2 Pollution abatement notices
   77.     Chief Executive Officer may issue pollution abatement notices
   78.     Authorised officer may issue pollution abatement notices in emergencies
   79.     Contents of pollution abatement notices
   80.     Person to comply with abatement notice
   81.     Memorial of notice to be lodged with Registrar-General
   82.     Amendment and revocation of notices
           Part 11 Offences, penalties and criminal proceedings
           Division 1 Offences
   83.     General environmental offences
   84.     Defences to general environmental offence
   85.     Alternative verdicts available
   86.     Application of
   87.     General penalty and continuing offences
   88.     Regulatory offences
   89.     Confidentiality
           Division 2 Liability in relation to companies, partnerships, &c.
   90.     Actions, &c., of employee or agent of body corporate are those of body corporate
   91.     Director may be liable for offence of body corporate
   92.     Liability of partners and unincorporated associations
   93.     Liability for employees and agents
           Division 3 Criminal proceedings
   94.     Limitation on proceedings
   95.     Notice of defence must be given
   96.     Averments and evidence
   97.     Additional court orders where offence proved
   98.     Forfeiture, &c.
   99.     Enforcement agency for Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act
           Part 12 Miscellaneous
           Division 1 Liabilities
   100.    Territory may compensate for damage
   101.    Costs of taking action to be debt due and payable
   102.    Debts due to Territory, &c.
   103.    Claims against financial assurances
   104.    Certification of expenses
   105.    Compensation may be claimed from third parties
   106.    Just compensation to be paid
   107.    Liability of persons acting under this Act
           Division 2 Review of decisions
   108.    Application for review
   109.    Applications for further review
   110.    Conduct of review
   111.    Review procedure and determination
           Division 3 Instruments, &c.
   112.    Obligations where land to which certain instruments relate is to be sold, leased, &c.
   113.    Service of notices and public notice
   114.    Recognition of certain interstate instruments
   115.    Information may be provided to certain people
   116.    Act to be reviewed every 5 years
           Division 4 Regulations
   117.    Regulations
   118.    Regulations may provide for exemptions
   119.    Regulations may contain savings and transitional provisions
   120.    Instruments in Regulations to be available for viewing
           Part 13 Repeal
   121.    Repeal
           Schedule 1 Information to be included on register
           Schedule 2 Activities that require approval or licence
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