PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1991 - As at 1 July 2024 - Act 60 of 1991

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PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1991 - As at 1 July 2024 - Act 60 of 1991 - NOTES

Historical notes

Table of amending instruments

Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 No 60. Assented to 12.12.1991. Date of commencement, Part 1, secs 15 and 18, Sch 1, item (2) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Trust Act 1990, item (4) (a) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Public Sector Management Act 1988 and cl 3 of Part 2 of Sch 4 excepted, 1.3.1992, sec 2 and GG No 26 of 21.2.1992, p 1043; date of commencement of Part 1, secs 15 and 18, Sch 1, item (4) (a) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Public Sector Management Act 1988 and cl 3 of Part 2 of Sch 4, 16.12.1991, sec 2 and GG No 176 of 13.12.1991, p 10528; date of commencement of item (2) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Trust Act 1990, 1.7.1992, sec 2 and GG No 26 of 21.2.1992, p 1043. This Act has been amended as follows--

1992	No 34	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, assent, Sch 2.
	No 57	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1992. Assented to 8.10.1992. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, assent, Sch 1.
1993	No 40	Protection of the Environment Administration (Amendment) Act 1993. Assented to 8.6.1993. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 46	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, 16.12.1991, Sch 2.
	No 108	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1993. Assented to 2.12.1993. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, assent, Sch 2.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
	No 36	Public Sector Management Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 25.9.1995. Date of commencement, 13.10.1995, sec 2. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995 No 99. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Public Sector Management Amendment Act 1995, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 99	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 102	Waste Minimisation and Management Act 1995. Assented to 22.12.1995. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 6 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991, 19.1.1996, sec 2 and GG No 5 of 19.1.1996, p 164.
1997	No 113	Road and Rail Transport (Dangerous Goods) Act 1997. Assented to 9.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 20.4.1998, sec 2 and GG No 67 of 9.4.1998, p 2491.
	No 140	Contaminated Land Management Act 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 1.6.1998, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 15.5.1998, p 3368.
	No 147	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.21, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 156	Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9952.
1998	No 82	Environmental Trust Act 1998. Assented to 14.7.1998. Date of commencement, 9.11.1998, sec 2 and GG No 155 of 30.10.1998, p 8511.
	No 167	Protection of the Environment Administration Amendment (Environmental Education) Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (Sch 1 [2]-[6], so much of Sch 1 [9] as inserts sec 28 (8) and (9) and Sch 1 [15] excepted), 14.1.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 4 of 8.1.1999, p 14; date of commencement of Sch 1 [2]-[6], 1.7.1999, sec 2 (2) and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9952; so much of Sch 1 [9] as inserts sec 28 (8) and (9) and Sch 1 [15] were not commenced and were repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31.
1999	No 80	Pesticides Act 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 3.5 [1], 1.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12189; date of commencement of Sch 3.5 [2] and [3], 1.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12189.
	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
2001	No 58	Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 3.6, 8.10.2001, sec 2 and GG No 143 of 21.9.2001, p 7867.
2002	No 112	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.14, 28.4.2003, Sch 2.14 and GG No 74 of 17.4.2003, p 4487.
2003	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.27, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
2007	No 27	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2008	No 95	Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008. Assented to 3.12.2008. Date of commencement, 1.5.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (122) LW 17.4.2009.
2011	No 63	Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 29.2.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (13) LW 20.1.2012.
2013	No 50	State Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2013. Assented to 26.6.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.7.2013, Sch 6.
	No 60	Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment (Illegal Waste Disposal) Act 2013. Assented to 3.9.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.10.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (553) LW 27.9.2013.
	No 111	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013. Assented to 3.12.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1).
2014	No 33	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. Assented to 24.6.2014. Date of commencement of Sch 3.25, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1).
	No 65	Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2014. Assented to 28.10.2014. Date of commencement, 1.1.2015, sec 2 and 2014 (835) LW 19.12.2014.
2015	No 42	Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment (Enforcement of Gas and Other Petroleum Legislation) Act 2015. Assented to 2.11.2015. Date of commencement, 1.12.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (695) LW 20.11.2015.
2016	No 63	Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Assented to 23.11.2016. Date of commencement, 25.8.2017, sec 1.2 and 2017 (459) LW 25.8.2017.
2017	No 21	Protection of the Environment Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.6.2017, sec 2 (1).
	No 22	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, 7 days after assent, sec 2 (1).
2018	No 40	Forestry Legislation Amendment Act 2018. Assented to 27.6.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3.10, 9.11.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (620) LW 9.11.2018.
	No 70	Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW 30.11.2018; date of commencement of Sch 4.87, 1.7.2021, sec 2(1) and 2021 (305) LW 25.6.2021.
2021	No 31	Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021. Assented to 29.11.2021. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2(1).
2022	No 3	Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2022. Assented to 4.3.2022. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2023	No 30	Radiation Control Amendment Act 2023. Assented to 24.10.2023. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2(c).
2024	No 10	Environmental Legislation Amendment (Hazardous Chemicals) Act 2024. Assented to 25.3.2024. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 20	Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Act 2024. Assented to 3.4.2024. Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2(c).
	No 35	Government Sector Employment and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024. Assented to 24.6.2024. Date of commencement, 1.7.2024, sec 2 and 2024 (235) LW 26.6.2024.

Table of amendments

	Sec 3	Am 1993 No 46, Sch 2; 1995 No 36, Sch 6; 1995 No 102, Sch 6; 1997 No 113, Sch 1.5; 1997 No 140, Sch 1.5; 1997 No 147, Sch 1.21; 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [1]-[3]; 1998 No 82, Sch 2.2; 1999 No 80, Sch 3.5 [1] [2]; 2001 No 58, Sch 3.6; 2002 No 112, Sch 2.14; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.41; 2008 No 95, Sch 2.8; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2015 No 42, Sch 2.3; 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [1]; 2021 No 31, Sch 3.2[1]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[1]-[4]; 2023 No 30, Sch 2.4, Sch 2.7[1]; 2024 No 10, Sch 2.4[1].
	Sec 3A	Ins 2024 No 20, Sch 8[1].
	Sec 4	Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [4].
	Sec 6	Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [6]; 2016 No 63, Sch 11.7; 2024 No 20, Sch 8[2].
	Sec 7	Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [5]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.54 [1]; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.25 [1].
	Sec 8	Am 2024 No 20, Sch 8[3].
	Sec 9	Am 2024 No 20, Sch 8[4].
	Sec 10	Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [7] [8]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [1]; 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [2].
	Sec 12	Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2; 1995 No 11, Sch 1.
	Sec 12A	Ins 1993 No 40, sec 3.
	Sec 13	Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [9]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [2]. Subst 2022 No 3, Sch 4[5].
	Sec 13A	Ins 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [10].
	Part 5, Div 1A, heading	Ins 2022 No 3, Sch 4[6].
	Sec 14	Am 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3]. Subst 2022 No 3, Sch 4[7].
	Sec 14A	Ins 2022 No 3, Sch 4[7].
	Sec 15	Am 1995 No 102, Sch 6; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [4]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[8].
	Sec 16	Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [3]; 2003 No 82, Sch 1.27; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[9].
	Sec 17	Am 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [11]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [4]-[6]; 1999 No 80, Sch 3.5 [3]; 2013 No 60, Sch 2; 2018 No 40, Sch 3.10 [1].
	Part 5, Div 3, heading	Am 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [7]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[10].
	Sec 18	Rep 1995 No 36, Sch 6. Ins 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.25 [2]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[11]-[14].
	Sec 18A	Ins 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [8].
	Sec 19	Am 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3]. Rep 2022 No 3, Sch 4[15].
	Sec 20	Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.54 [2].
	Sec 21	Am 1995 No 99, Sch 1; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[16] [17].
	Part 6, heading	Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [7]. Subst 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [3].
	Part 6, Div 1	Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Sec 22	Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [8]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Part 6, Div 2	Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Sec 23	Am 2000 No 53, Sch 2.15 [1]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Sec 24	Am 2000 No 53, Sch 2.15 [2]; 2011 No 63, Sch [3]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Sec 25	Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Part 6, Div 3	Subst 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Secs 26, 27	Subst 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Sec 28	Subst 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [9] (am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.36 [1]). Am 2013 No 111, Sch 2.12. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Secs 28A-28C	Ins 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
	Part 6, Div 4, heading	Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [5].
	Sec 32	Subst 1992 No 57, Sch 1.
	Sec 34	Am 2018 No 70, Sch 4.87.
	Sec 34A	Ins 2013 No 50, Sch 6. Am 2014 No 65, Sch 4 [1]; 2017 No 22, Sch 1.16; 2018 No 40, Sch 3.10 [2]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.51; Sch 3.2[2]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[18]; 2023 No 30, Sch 2.7[1]; 2024 No 10, Sch 2.4[2]; 2024 No 20, Sch 8[5].
	Sec 35	Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [10]; 2000 No 53, Sch 2.15 [3] [4]; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3]; 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [6] [7]. Subst 2022 No 3, Sch 4[19].
	Sec 35A	Ins 2024 No 20, Sch 8[6].
	Sec 36	Am 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[20].
	Sec 40	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
	Sch 1	Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2; 1995 No 102, Sch 6; 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [12]-[16]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3] [9]-[11]; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.25 [3] [4]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[21]-[29]; 2024 No 20, Sch 8[7] [8]; 2024 No 35, Sch 3.11.
	Sch 2, heading	Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [11]. Subst 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [8].
	Sch 2	Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2; 1993 No 108, Sch 2; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [12]-[14] [16]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.25 [5]; 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [9]-[17].
	Sch 2A	Ins 2014 No 33, Sch 3.25 [6]. Rep 2022 No 3, Sch 4[30].
	Sch 3	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
	Sch 4	Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [17]-[19]; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [12] [13]; 2014 No 65, Sch 4 [2]; 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [18]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[31]; 2023 No 30, Sch 2.7[2]; 2024 No 20, Sch 8[9].

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