ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 11

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 11

11 .         Terms used; calculating quantity of used tyres

        (1)         In this regulation and regulations 12, 13, 13A, 14 and 15 —

        approved site means a landfill site —

            (a)         set apart by a local government under section 119 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 ; or

            (b)         licensed under Part V of the Act; or

            (c)         approved by the Chief Executive Officer;

        licensed premises means a place that is prescribed premises under the Act, and in relation to which the licence is in force under the Act;

        storage includes collection and deposit;

        tyre means a tyre made whether wholly or partly of natural or synthetic rubber or similar material;

        Tyre Landfill Exclusion Zone means the area comprising the local government districts specified in Schedule 5;

        tyre retailer means a person who carries on a business which principally consists of the sale of tyres by retail or the fitting of tyres, or a combination of those activities.

        (2)         For the purposes of these regulations, 2 m ³ of shredded, broken or pieces of used tyres are to be taken to equal 100 used tyres and any multiple of 2 m ³ of shredded, broken or pieces of used tyres are to be taken to be equal to the corresponding multiple of 100 used tyres and where an intermediate quantity of shredded, broken or pieces of used tyres occurs the equivalent number of used tyres are calculated by interpolation.

        (3)         For the purposes of these regulations the size of a tyre is to be disregarded when computing the number of tyres in question.

        [Regulation 11 inserted: Gazette 30 Aug 1991 p. 4554‑5; amended: Gazette 12 Nov 1996 p. 6303; 10 Dec 1996 p. 6877; 28 Jun 2016 p. 2631‑2; 10 Jan 2017 p. 197.]