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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.