WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 155 Purpose of chapter

WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 155

155 Purpose of chapter

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the process by which the chief executive decides when and how waste stops being waste and becomes a resource.

(2) Waste stops being a waste and becomes a
"resource" when, in accordance with an end of waste code or end of waste approval, it stops being waste and becomes a resource.

(3) A person is a
"resource user" while the person uses a resource in a way, or for a purpose, that complies with an end of waste code or end of waste approval.

(4) If a person stops using a resource in a way, or for a purpose, that complies with an end of waste code or end of waste approval—

(a) the person stops being a resource user; and

(b) the resource stops being a resource and becomes waste.