Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2016 (NO. 51 OF 2016) - SECT 11

In this Act:

"waste activity"—

        (a)     means any of the following activities carried out by a waste management business:

              (i)     collecting waste;

              (ii)     transporting waste;

              (iii)     storing, sorting, treating, processing, or disposing of waste; and

Example—processing of waste

              •     generating energy from waste material

Example—disposing of waste

              •     depositing waste in landfill

Note 1     Collecting or transporting waste is carried out by a waste transporter (see s 13).

Note 2     Storing, sorting, treating, processing, or disposing of waste happens at a waste facility (see s 14).

Note 3     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act

, s 126 and s 132).

        (b)     for part 9 (Codes of practice)—includes the generation of waste.