WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 141
Planning entity’s waste reduction and recycling plan obligation
WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 141
Planning entity’s waste reduction and recycling plan obligation
141 Planning entity’s waste reduction and recycling plan obligation
(1) A planning entity has an obligation at all times to ensure that—
(a) all
aspects of waste reduction and recycling for the entity’s relevant waste are
comprehensively addressed by a waste reduction and recycling plan for the
entity; and
(b) the waste reduction and recycling plan has been adopted by
the planning entity; and
(c) the waste reduction and recycling plan is being
implemented in accordance with its terms.
(2) However, if a sector of
planning entities has prepared a waste reduction and recycling plan for the
sector, a planning entity, to the extent it is a planning entity because it is
part of a sector of planning entities, may, in relation to the entity’s
relevant waste that is also sector waste for the sector, adopt the sector’s
plan as its own plan if—
(a) the sector’s plan complies with the
requirements of this chapter for a waste reduction and recycling plan for a
sector of planning entities; and
(b) the sector’s plan effectively includes
the requirements for a waste reduction and recycling plan for the entity in
relation to the entity’s relevant waste that is sector waste for the sector.
(3) A planning entity must comply with the obligation stated in subsection (1)
unless it has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100
penalty units.
(4) However, subsection (3) does not start to apply to a
planning entity until the day prescribed under a regulation.