Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

ANTARCTIC TREATY (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) (WASTE MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 1994

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Name of Regulations [see Note 1]  
   2.      Objects of the Regulations  
   3.       Interpretation  
   4.      Planning and conduct of waste minimisation and management  
   5.      How must waste be stored  
   6.      Waste that must be removed  
   7.      Solid, non-combustible waste  
   8.      Liquid waste  
   9.      Waste that must be removed unless sterilised or incinerated  
   10.     Destination of waste removed  
   11.     Waste generated at a field camp  
   12.     When and how must waste be incinerated  
   13.     Prohibition on open burning of waste  
   14.     Prohibition on disposal of waste in ice-free areas or fresh water  
   15.     Conditional prohibition on disposal of waste on ice  
   16.     When may waste be disposed of on ice  
   17.     When sewage or domestic waste may be disposed of into sea  
   18.     Disposal of by-product of sewage treatment  
   19.     Cleaning up waste disposal sites and abandoned work sites  
   20.     Non-compliance with Part 2 in certain circumstances  
   21.     Notification of non-compliance with Part 2