ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017
Table of Provisions
- 1 Purposes
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Definitions
- 4 What is harm?
- 5 What is material harm?
- 6 The concept of minimising risks of harm to human health and the environment
- 7 Application of Act
- 8 Extraterritorial application of Act
- 9 Simplified outlines
PART 2.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 10 Simplified outline—Chapter 2
PART 2.2--APPLICATION OF THIS CHAPTER
- 11 Specified principles of environment protection
- 12 Effect of this Chapter
PART 2.3--PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
- 13 Principle of integration of environmental, social and economic considerations
- 14 Principle of proportionality
- 15 Principle of primacy of prevention
- 16 Principle of shared responsibility
- 17 Principle of polluter pays
- 18 Principle of waste management hierarchy
- 19 Principle of evidence-based decision making
- 20 Precautionary principle
- 21 Principle of equity
- 22 Principle of accountability
- 23 Principle of conservation
PART 3.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 24 Simplified outline—Chapter 3
PART 3.2--GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL DUTY
- 25 General environmental duty
- 26 Multiple contraventions of general environmental duty
- 27 Aggravated breach of the general environmental duty
PART 3.3--TRANSITIONAL DUTY RELATING TO MATERIAL HARM
- 28 Transitional duty relating to material harm
PART 3.4--DUTIES RELATING TO POLLUTION INCIDENTS
- 29 Meaning of pollution incident
- 30 Meaning of notifiable incident
- 31 Duty to take action to respond to harm caused by pollution incident
- 32 Duty to notify Authority of notifiable incidents
- 33 Manner and form of notification of notifiable incidents
- 34 Privilege against self-incrimination does not apply
PART 3.5--DUTIES RELATING TO CONTAMINATED LAND
Division 1--Core concepts and application of Part
- 35 What is contaminated land?
- 36 Background level of waste or substances
- 37 What is notifiable contamination?
- 38 Act applies whenever land contaminated
Division 2--Duties relating to contaminated land
- 39 Duty to manage contaminated land
- 40 Duty to notify of contaminated land
- 41 Manner and form of notification
- 42 Privilege against self-incrimination abrogated
PART 4.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 43 Simplified outline—Chapter 4
PART 4.2--PERMISSIONS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
- 44 Development licences required for development activities
- 45 Operating licences required for operating activities
- 46 Permits required for permit activities
- 47 Registration required for registration activities
- 48 Determination that person does not require a permission
PART 4.3--GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PERMISSIONS
- 49 Application of this Part
- 49A Definition
- 50 Form and contents of applications
- 50A Notice and payment of additional application fees
- 51 Authority may deal with application after expiry of determination period
- 51A Authority or council may require additional information
- 51B Timing for consideration of application if more information required
- 52 Notice of applications for development licences to be published
- 52A Authority may refuse certain applications inconsistent with Victorian Recycling Infrastructure Plan
- 53 Authority must develop Charter of Consultation
- 54 Permission conditions
- 55 Permission fees
- 56 Transfer of licence or permit
- 57 Amendment of licence or permit on application
- 58 Amendment of permission on initiative of Authority or council
- 59 Surrender or revocation of permissions on application
- 60 Suspension of permission
- 61 Revocation of permission on Authority or council's initiative
- 62 Complying with permission
- 63 Breach of permission conditions—indictable offence
- 64 Breach of prescribed permission conditions
- 65 Continuing effect of conditions
- 66 Fit and proper persons
- 67 Priority waste and landfill facilities
- 68 Exemptions for transporting reportable priority waste
PART 4.4--LICENCES
Division 1--Development licences
- 69 Development licences
- 70 Joint publication
- 71 Conditions of development licences
- 72 Extension of term of development licences
- 73 Statement as to whether activity specified in development licence completed
Division 2--Operating licences
- 74 Operating licences
- 75 Term of operating licences
- 76 Review of operating licences
Division 3--Pilot project licences
- 77 Pilot project licences
- 78 Consideration of application for pilot project licence
- 79 Duration and effect of pilot project licence
Division 4--Licence exemptions
PART 4.5--PERMITS
- 81 Permits
- 82 Permit exemptions granted by the Authority
- 83 Permit exemptions granted by a council
- 84 Renewal of permits
PART 4.6--REGISTRATIONS
- 85 Registration of prescribed activities
- 86 Renewal of registrations
- 87 Registration of non-prescribed activities
PART 4.7--PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN PRESCRIBED ACTIVITIES
- 88 Certain persons prohibited from engaging in particular activities
- 89 Additional or alternative penalties for prohibited persons
- 90 Applications by prohibited persons to engage in prescribed activity
- 90A Notice and payment of additional application fee
PART 4.8--ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION LEVY
- 91 Environment protection levy
PART 5.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 92 Simplified outline—Chapter 5
PART 5.2--ENVIRONMENT REFERENCE STANDARDS
- 93 Environment reference standards
- 94 Application of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 to environment reference standards
- 95 Preparation of environment reference standards
- 96 Environment reference standard may incorporate NEPM
- 97 Review of environment reference standards
- 98 Notice of review determination
- 99 Consideration of environment reference standards
PART 5.3--COMPLIANCE CODES
- 100 Compliance codes
- 101 Content of compliance codes
- 102 Communication of compliance codes
- 103 Effect of compliance codes
- 104 No penalty for failure to comply with compliance codes
PART 5.4--POSITION STATEMENTS
- 105 Authority may make position statements
- 106 Communication of position statements
- 107 Content of position statements
- 108 Consultation on position statements
- 109 Effect of position statements
PART 6.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 110 Simplified outline—Chapter 6
PART 6.2--OBJECTS
- 111 Objects
PART 6.3--LITTER AND OTHER WASTE
Division 1--Preliminary matters
- 112 Definitions
- 113 Governor in Council may declare body to be a litter authority
Division 2--Appointment of litter enforcement officers
Division 3--Offences in relation to littering and other waste
- 115 Unlawful deposit of waste
- 116 Liability of owners and drivers of vehicles in relation to littering of waste
- 117 Exceptions to liability of owners and drivers of vehicles in relation to littering of waste
- 118 Written statement
Division 4--Removal of waste and objects or things
- 119 Litter enforcement officer may request persons to remove waste
- 120 Court may order person to remove waste
- 121 Waste abatement notice
- 122 Litter authority may take action following failure to comply with waste abatement notice
- 123 Occupier may recover cost of removing waste
Division 5--Powers of litter enforcement officers and other matters
- 124 Powers of entry of litter enforcement officers
- 125 Litter enforcement officer may ask person's name and address
- 126 Litter enforcement officer to produce proof of identity and official status
- 127 Waste information gathering notice
- 128 Form of waste information gathering notice
- 129 Extension of time under waste information gathering notice
- 130 Court orders
- 131 Reports of littering offences to Authority or council
- 132 Offence to supply false or misleading information
PART 6.4--DUTIES RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL WASTE
- 133 Duties of persons depositing industrial waste
- 134 Duties of persons receiving industrial waste
- 135 Duty of persons involved in transporting industrial waste
- 136 Repeat industrial waste offenders
- 137 Offence to supply false or misleading information or conceal information in connection with industrial waste
PART 6.5--DUTIES AND CONTROLS RELATING TO PRIORITY WASTE
- 138 What is priority waste?
- 139 Duties of persons managing priority waste
- 140 Duty to investigate alternatives to waste disposal
- 141 Guidelines for alternatives to waste disposal
- 142 Duty to notify of transaction in reportable priority waste
- 143 Duty of persons transporting reportable priority waste
PART 6.6--WASTE LEVY SCHEME
- 144 Definitions
- 145 Requirement to pay waste levy
- 146 Minister may waive the requirement to pay waste levy
- 147 Payment of waste levy to the Authority
- 148 Calculation of levy that results in negative amount
- 149 Agreement to offset amount owing
- 150 Requirement to provide prescribed information regarding calculations of waste levy and allowable rebates to Authority
- 151 Assessment by the Authority of waste levy liability
- 152 Rights and powers of the Authority if waste levy is not paid
PART 7.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 153 Simplified outline—Chapter 7
PART 7.2--ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
- 154 Orders relating to environmentally hazardous substances
- 155 Failure to comply with Orders relating to environmentally hazardous substances
PART 7.3--OBLIGATIONS FOR MANAGERS OF LAND OR INFRASTRUCTURE
PART 7.4--AUTHORISATION OF DISCHARGES OR DISPOSAL
- 157 Authority may authorise emergency storage, use etc. of waste
- 157A Notice and payment of additional application fee
- 158 Complying with authorisation
PART 7.5--ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN
- 159 Notice of proposed declaration and notice of decision
- 160 Declaration of issue of environmental concern
- 161 Amendment or revocation of declaration of issue of environmental concern
- 162 Consideration of issues of environmental concern when issuing remedial notices
- 163 Combination of notice of proposed declaration with notice of proposed statutory rule or legislative instrument
- 164 Combination of notices of decision
PART 7.6--CONTROL OF UNREASONABLE AND AGGRAVATED NOISE
Division 1--Meaning of residential premises
Division 2--Unreasonable and aggravated noise
- 166 Unreasonable noise
- 167 Unreasonable noise from residential premises
- 168 Aggravated noise
- 169 Unreasonable noise from entertainment venues
Division 3--Enforcement
- 170 Persons who may take proceedings for certain offences
- 171 Residential noise enforcement officers
- 172 Residential noise improvement notices
- 173 Proceedings for offences not affected by residential noise improvement notices
- 174 Injunctions relating to residential noise
- 175 Unreasonable noise directions
- 176 Entry orders
- 177 Obstruction of police officer
PART 8.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 178 Simplified outline—Chapter 8
PART 8.2--BETTER ENVIRONMENT PLANS
- 179 Definition
- 180 Purposes of better environment plans
- 181 Submission of proposed better environment plans
- 181A Notice and payment of additional submission fee
- 182 Authority may accept proposed better environment plans
- 183 Participant must notify Authority of change in circumstances
- 184 Amendment or revocation of better environment plans and removal of participants
- 185 Withdrawal from better environment plans
- 186 Effect of compliance with better environment plans
- 187 Failure to comply with better environment plans
- 188 Guidelines
PART 8.3--ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT SYSTEM
- 189 Purpose of Part
Division 1--Environmental auditors
- 190 Functions of environmental auditors
- 191 Application for appointment as environmental auditor
- 192 Advisory panel for application for appointment as environmental auditor
- 193 Determination by Authority of application for appointment as environmental auditor
- 194 Refusal of application for appointment as environmental auditor
- 195 Approval of application for appointment as environmental auditor
- 196 Application fee
- 197 Conditions on appointment of environmental auditor
- 198 Reappointment of environmental auditors
- 199 Refusal of application for reappointment as environmental auditor
- 200 Revocation or suspension of appointment of environmental auditors
- 201 Matters to which Authority must have regard in deciding a suspension or revocation of appointment of environmental auditor
- 202 When does a suspension or revocation take effect?
- 203 Guidelines for environmental auditors
Division 2--Preliminary risk screen assessments
- 204 Preliminary risk screen assessment
- 205 Preliminary risk screen assessment statement
- 206 What is included in a preliminary risk screen assessment statement?
- 207 What is included in a preliminary risk screen assessment report?
Division 3--Environmental audits
- 208 Environmental audits
- 209 Environmental auditor must notify the Authority of environmental audit
- 210 Environmental audit statement
- 211 What is included in an environmental audit statement?
- 212 What is included in an environmental audit report?
Division 4--Offences and other matters
- 213 Withdrawal, amendment or issue of new preliminary risk screen assessment statement or environmental audit statement
- 214 Obligation of person in management or control to provide copy of preliminary risk screen assessment statement or environmental audit statement
- 215 False or misleading preliminary risk screen assessment statement or environmental audit statement
- 216 Environmental auditor must notify the Authority of imminent state of danger
- 217 Fees to be paid by environmental auditor
PART 8.4--FINANCIAL ASSURANCES
- 218 Purposes of this Part
- 218A Definitions
- 219 Authority may require financial assurance
- 220 Form of financial assurance
- 221 Amount of financial assurance
- 222 Independent assessment of amount of financial assurance
- 223 Method for calculating financial assurance amount
- 224 Costs associated with financial assurance
- 225 Authority may review financial assurance
- 226 Authority may amend financial assurance
- 227 Authority may make a claim on financial assurance
- 228 Procedure for claim on financial assurance in the event of a person's failure to remediate or clean up
- 229 Procedure for claim on financial assurance in the event of immediate or serious risk
- 230 Notice to replenish financial assurance
- 231 Release of financial assurance following review or amendment
- 231A Notice of trigger event
- 231B Release of financial assurance following trigger event
- 231C Authority may refuse to release financial assurance—prescribed permission
- 231D Authority may refuse to release financial assurance—site management order
- 231E Authority may refuse to release financial assurance—environmental action notice
- 231F Authority may refuse to release financial assurance—Order relating to environmentally hazardous substances
- 231G Specified considerations to which Authority must have regard
- 231H Timing of decision to refuse to release financial assurance following trigger event
- 231I Review of refusal to release financial assurance—date for commencing review
- 231J Review of refusal to release financial assurance—notice of intention
- 231K Review of refusal to release financial assurance—matters to consider before making decision
- 231L Review of refusal to release financial assurance—decision and timing
- 231M Extension of time
- 231N Failure to make decision
- 232 Application for release of financial assurance
- 233 Transfer of financial assurance
- 234 Enforcement of financial assurance
PART 8.5--ADVISORY PANELS
- 235 Advisory panels
PART 8.6--CONFERENCE OF INTERESTED PERSONS
- 236 Authority may establish conference of interested persons
- 237 Appointment of convenor
- 238 Recommendations and additional material from conference of interested persons
- 239 Rules for conferences of interested persons
- 240 Participation to be voluntary
PART 9.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 241 Simplified outline—Chapter 9
PART 9.2--APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORISED OFFICERS AND ANALYSTS AND APPOINTMENTS TO OTHER ROLES
Division 1--Authorised officers
- 242 Authorised officers
- 243 Authorised officers' identity cards
- 244 Directions in respect of authorised officers
Division 2--Other appointments by Authority
- 245 Authority may appoint analysts and prescribed roles
PART 9.3--INSPECTION AND INQUIRY POWERS
Division 1--Powers of entry and inspection
- 246 Authorised officer may enter and inspect any place or premises
- 247 Entry and inspection of a place or premises when open to the public
- 248 Residential premises
- 249 Announcement on entry
- 250 Persons assisting authorised officer
- 251 Powers on entry
- 252 Authorised officer may require production of documents
- 253 Authorised officer may require information or answers
- 254 Report to be given about entry and inspection of place or premises
Division 2--Information gathering notices
- 255 Authority may serve information gathering notice
- 256 Form of information gathering notice
- 257 Extension of time under information gathering notice
- 258 Court orders
Division 3--Power to ask person's name and address
- 259 Authorised officer may ask person's name and address
Division 4--Power to give directions
- 260 Authorised officer may give directions
Division 5--Search warrants
- 261 Authorised officer may apply for search warrants
- 262 Announcement before entry on warrant
- 263 Copy of warrant to be given to occupier
Division 6--Return and forfeiture of seized things
Division 7--Offences relating to authorised officers
- 266 Obstruction of authorised officer
- 267 Assault, intimidation or threatening of authorised officer
Division 8--General
- 268 Protection against self-incrimination
- 269 Motor vehicle compliance
- 269A Authority may require vehicle to be made available for inspection
- 269B Failure to present vehicle for inspection
PART 10.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 270 Simplified outline—Chapter 10
PART 10.2--IMPROVEMENT AND PROHIBITION NOTICES
Division 1--Improvement notices
Division 2--Prohibition notices
PART 10.3--NOTICES TO INVESTIGATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NOTICES
Division 1--Notice to investigate
Division 2--Environmental action notice
PART 10.4--SITE MANAGEMENT ORDERS
- 275 Site management orders
- 276 Status of site management orders
- 277 Application to vary or revoke site management order
- 277A Notice and payment of additional application fee
PART 10.5--NON-DISTURBANCE NOTICES
- 278 Power to issue a non-disturbance notice
PART 10.6--GENERAL MATTERS RELATING TO NOTICES
- 279 Amendment of notices
- 280 Notification of notices
- 281 Proceedings for offences not affected by notices
- 282 Continuing effect of notices and conditions
PART 10.7--REDIRECTION OF CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS
- 283 Redirection of obligations of related or associated entities
- 284 Redirection of obligations to officers
- 285 Redirection of obligations in case of transfer of land
PART 10.8--OFFENCES RELATING TO NOTICES AND ORDERS
- 286 Non-compliance with improvement notice
- 287 Non-compliance with prohibition notice
- 288 Failure to report
- 289 Non-compliance with notice to investigate
- 290 Non-compliance with environmental action notice
- 291 Reasonable excuse where entry refused
- 292 Non-compliance with site management order
- 293 Non-compliance with non-disturbance notice
PART 10.9--CLEAN UP AND COST RECOVERY POWERS
Division 1--Clean up powers
- 294 Circumstances in which Authority may exercise clean up powers
- 295 Authority to give notice of intention to exercise clean up powers in case of financial assurance
- 296 Matters relating to Authority entering land
Division 2--Cost recovery powers
- 297 Cost recovery powers
- 297A Displacement of other laws
- 298 Unrecovered costs can become charge on property
PART 11.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 299 Simplified outline—Chapter 11
PART 11.2--ENFORCEABLE UNDERTAKINGS
- 300 Authority may accept enforceable undertaking
- 301 Enforcement
- 302 Authority may take specified actions
- 303 No criminal proceedings while enforceable undertaking in force
- 304 Proceedings following withdrawal of enforceable undertaking
- 305 No further proceedings if enforceable undertaking is complied with
- 306 Contempt of court
PART 11.3--INFRINGEMENT NOTICES
- 307 Infringement notices
PART 11.4--CIVIL REMEDIES
- 308 Eligible persons
- 309 Court orders
- 310 Interim orders
- 311 Consent orders
- 312 Ancillary orders
- 313 Compensation orders
PART 11.5--CIVIL PENALTIES
- 314 Civil penalty provision
- 315 Civil penalty orders
- 316 Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision
- 317 Further orders for contravening civil penalty provision
- 318 Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings
- 319 Criminal proceeding during proceeding for a civil penalty order
- 320 Criminal proceeding commenced after proceeding for civil penalty order
- 321 Evidence given or produced during proceeding for civil penalty order
- 322 Conduct contravening more than one civil penalty provision
- 323 Multiple contraventions of civil penalty provisions
- 324 Multiple proceedings for civil penalty order to be heard together
- 325 Jurisdictional limit of Magistrates' Court does not apply to civil penalty order
- 326 Recovery of a pecuniary penalty
PART 11.6--POWERS OF COURTS
Division 1--Application of Part 11.6
- 327 Application of Part 11.6
Division 2--Orders
- 328 General
- 329 Monetary benefit orders
- 330 Adverse publicity orders
- 331 General restoration and prevention orders
- 332 Restorative project orders
- 333 Environmental audit orders
Division 3--Enforcement of orders
- 334 Enforcement of orders
Division 4--Impact statements
Division 5--Restorative justice processes
- 336 Adjournment of proceedings for restorative justice process
PART 11.7--EVIDENTIARY AND RELATED ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
- 337 Reports and certificates
- 338 Certificate concerning ownership of vehicle or vessel
- 339 Certificate concerning litter offences
- 340 Reports and certificates to be served with summons
- 341 Statement to be evidence of authority
- 342 Judicial notice of signatures
- 343 Evidence
- 344 Service of documents
- 345 Service of documents—alternative to attendance
- 346 Authority to be able to recover costs of analysis
- 347 Persons who may take proceedings
- 348 Contraventions on shared premises
PART 11.8--OFFICERS' LIABILITIES AND CONDUCT OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
Division 1--Officers' liabilities
- 349 Liability of officers of bodies corporate—failure to exercise due diligence
- 350 Liability of officers of bodies corporate—failure to exercise due diligence (legal burden of proof)
- 351 Liability of officers of bodies corporate—accessorial liability
- 352 Application of civil penalties to officers of bodies corporate
Division 2--Conduct of employees and agents
PART 11.9--DEFENCE OF EMERGENCY
- 354 Emergency
PART 12.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 355 Simplified outline—Chapter 12
PART 12.2--ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY
- 356 Environment Protection Authority
- 357 Objective of the Authority
- 358 Functions of the Authority
- 359 Powers of the Authority
- 360 Staff
- 361 Environment Protection Authority Governing Board
- 362 Functions of the Governing Board
- 363 Chairperson and deputy Chairperson
- 364 Conditions of office for Governing Board members
- 365 Vacancies, resignations and removal from office
- 366 Acting appointments
- 367 Validity of acts or decisions
- 368 Proceedings of the Governing Board
- 369 Resolutions without meetings
- 370 Pecuniary interests of members of the Governing Board
- 371 Improper use of information
- 372 Governing Board may establish advisory committees
- 373 Chief executive officer
- 374 Chief environmental scientist
PART 12.3--GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 375 Application of the Public Administration Act 2004
- 376 Remuneration and expenses
- 377 Mandatory notification of corrupt conduct to IBAC
- 378 Consultation prior to notification
- 379 Communication of information to the IBAC
- 380 Authority not to prejudice investigations of the IBAC
PART 14.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 428 Simplified outline—Chapter 14
PART 14.2--REVIEW OF DECISIONS
Division 1--Review by the Authority
Division 2--Review by VCAT
- 430 Decisions reviewable by VCAT
- 431 Applications for review by VCAT
- 432 Specific grounds of review
- 433 Joinder of parties
- 434 Application for review by third parties
- 435 Matters VCAT must take into account
- 436 Application for declaration
PART 14.3--DELEGATIONS
- 437 Delegation
PART 14.4--FINANCIAL MATTERS
- 438 Fees and penalties to be paid into the Consolidated Fund
- 439 Exceptions to requirement to pay fees and penalties into the Consolidated Fund
- 440 Further exceptions to requirement to pay fees and penalties into the Consolidated Fund in relation to Part 6.3
- 441 Environment Protection Fund
- 442 Investment of money from Environment Protection Fund
- 443 Treasurer may make grants or advances out of the Environment Protection Fund
- 444 Payments into the Environment Protection Fund
- 445 Payments out of the Environment Protection Fund
- 446 General Waste Levy Account
- 447 Restorative Project Account
- 448 Municipal and Industrial Waste Levy Trust Account
- 449 Sustainability Fund Account
- 450 Priority statement
- 451 Sustainability Fund Account guidelines
PART 14.5--INFORMATION SHARING
Division 1--Collection, use, disclosure and publication of information
- 452 Authority may collect, use, disclose or publish information
- 453 Unauthorised disclosure of commercially sensitive information
- 454 Public warning statements
Division 2--Public Register
- 455 Public Register
- 456 Information to be kept on the Public Register
- 457 Public access to the Public Register
PART 14.6--DESIGNATED AGENCIES
- 458 Power of Authority to designate agency to have specified responsibilities etc. in areas that pose risk of harm to human health or the environment
PART 14.7--EXEMPTIONS
- 459AA Notice and payment of additional application fee
- 459 Exemptions
- 459A Timing for dealing with applications for exemptions
- 459B Authority may require additional information
PART 14.8--IMPERSONATION, INTERFERENCE, AND INFORMATION OFFENCES
- 460 Impersonation
- 461 False representations relating to Authority approval
- 462 Interference with equipment
- 463 Provision of false information
PART 14.9--INTEREST
PART 15.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 464 Simplified outline—Chapter 15
PART 15.2--REGULATIONS
- 465 Regulations
- 465A Incorporation powers for certain documents
- 466 Effect of compliance with regulations
PART 16.1--SIMPLIFIED OUTLINE
- 467 Simplified outline—Chapter 16
PART 16.2--GENERAL
PART 16.3--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: PERMISSIONS, NOTICES, DIRECTIONS AND ORDERS
Division 1--Permissions
- 470 When a new permission is the equivalent of an old permission
- 471 Continuation of permissions
- 471A New permissions issued or granted by council or Authority
- 471B New permissions equivalent to old permissions issued under section 20 of old Act
- 472 Amendment of new permissions by Authority
- 473 Continuation of exemptions
- 474 Pending application for old permission to be treated as application for new permission
- 475 Certain other pending applications
Division 2--Notices, directions and orders
PART 16.4--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS
- 478 Environmental audits
- 479 Certificates of environmental audits and statements of environmental audit
PART 16.6--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: FINANCIAL MATTERS
Division 1--Funds
- 488 Money standing to the credit of Environment Protection Fund
- 489 Money standing to the credit of General Landfill Levy account
- 490 Money standing to the credit of Municipal and Industrial Landfill Levy Trust Account
- 491 Money standing to the credit of Sustainability Fund Account
- 492 Priority statement and guidelines
Division 2--Landfill levy
Division 3--Financial assurances
- 494 Transitional provision—financial assurances
PART 16.7--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN APPOINTMENTS AND ROLES
- 495 Litter enforcement officers
- 496 Residential noise enforcement officers
- 497 Environmental auditors
- 498 Analysts
PART 16.8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: VCAT MATTERS
- 499 General provisions relating to VCAT
PART 16.9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: REGULATIONS
Division 1--Saving of Environment Protection (Industrial Waste Resource) Regulations 2009
- 500 Saving of the Environment Protection (Industrial Waste Resource) Regulations 2009
Division 2--Saving of Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions) Regulations 2013
- 501 Saving of the Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions) Regulations 2013
Division 3--Transitional regulations
PART 16.10--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS--VICTORIAN WASTE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING FRAMEWORK
- 503 Saving of the Victorian Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Planning Framework