ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 29

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 29

29 .         Records of waste received, licensees’ duties as to

        (1)         Upon receiving waste at a licensed landfill, the licensee is to make a record in accordance with this regulation.

        (2)         The record is to be in an approved form and is to show —

            (a)         the time and date of the delivery; and

            (b)         the name and licence number of the licensee; and

            (c)         in the case of a category 63 licensed landfill, the volume of the waste disposed of to landfill on the premises calculated in accordance with regulation 26; and

            (ca)         in the case of a category 64 or 65 licensed landfill, the weight of the waste as weighed or estimated in accordance with regulation 25; and

            (d)         a description of the type of waste; and

            (e)         the amount of levy payable in respect of the waste; and

            (f)         any other particulars the Chief Executive Officer may, by written notice to the licensee, require the licensee to include.

        (3)         Any record made by a licensee under this regulation is to be kept by the licensee in a legible written form, or so as to be readily convertible into such a form, for a period of not less than 5 years from the day on which the record was made.

        (4)         A licensee is to make the records available to an authorised person within 24 hours of being requested by the authorised person to do so.

        (5)         A licensee who —

            (a)         contravenes subregulation (1) or (4); or

            (b)         makes a record under this regulation which is false in any material particular,

                commits an offence.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        [Regulation 29 inserted: Gazette 26 Jun 1998 p. 3373‑4; amended: Gazette 11 Dec 1998 p. 6601; 29 Sep 2006 p. 4266.]