South Australian Numbered Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2009 (NO 227 OF 2009)

- under the Environment Protection Act 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation
   4.      Monetary value of fee unit

   PART 2--General provisions supporting Act

   5.      Prescribed national scheme laws (section 3)
   6.      Consultation with prescribed bodies required before certain regulations made (section 5A)
   7.      Board of Authority (section 14B)
   8.      Environment Protection Fund (section 24)
   9.      Normal procedure for making policies (section 28)
   10.     Simplified procedure for making certain policies (section 29)
   11.     Certain amendments may be made without following normal procedure (section 32)
   12.     Certain matters to be referred to Water Resources Minister (section 64)
   13.     Powers of authorised officers (section 87)
   14.     Issue of warrants (section 88)
   15.     Authority may recover civil penalty in respect of contravention (section 104A)
   16.     Public register (section 109)

   PART 3--Environmental authorisations

           Division 1--General provisions supporting Part 6 of Act

   17.     Notice and submissions in respect of applications for environmental authorisations (section 39)
   18.     Time limit for determination of applications (section 42)
   19.     Term and renewal of environmental authorisations (section 43)
   20.     Notice and submissions in respect of proposed variations of conditions (section 46)
   21.     Criteria for grant and conditions of environmental authorisations (section 47)
   22.     Annual fees and returns (section 48)
   23.     Transfer of environmental authorisations (section 49)
   24.     Conditions requiring financial assurance to secure compliance with Act (section 51)

           Division 2--Application and authorisation fees

              Subdivision 1--Works approvals

   25.     Works approvals--Application fee for grant, authorisation fee on grant or renewal and annual authorisation fee

              Subdivision 2--Exemptions

   26.     Exemptions--Application fee for grant, authorisation fee for grant or renewal and annual authorisation fee

              Subdivision 3--Licences

   27.     Licences--Application fee for grant and authorisation fee for grant or renewal
   28.     Licences--Annual authorisation fee
   29.     Flat fee component
   30.     Determining environment management component
   31.     Determining pollutant load-based component
   32.     Determining water reuse component
   33.     Adjustment of annual authorisation fee or projected annual authorisation fee after end of licence period or projected licence period
   34.     Cessation of activity

           Division 3--Discounts and other benefits for accredited licensees

   35.     Benefits of accreditation
   36.     Accredited licences
   37.     Performance reports
   38.     Review of accreditation

           Division 4--Miscellaneous fees relating to environmental authorisations

   39.     Late application for renewal (section 43(4))
   40.     Renewal without application (section 43(6))
   41.     Conditions requiring approval of certain works and processes (section 54C)

   PART 4--Beverage containers

   42.     Beverage (section 65)
   43.     Collection depot (section 65)
   44.     Refund amount (section 65)
   45.     Exemption of certain containers by regulation (section 67)
   46.     Annual returns for collection depots and super collectors (section 69A)
   47.     Offence to claim refund on beverage containers purchased outside State or corresponding jurisdiction (section 69C)
   48.     Certain containers prohibited (section 72)

   PART 5--Site contamination

           Division 1--General provisions supporting Part 10A of Act

   49.     Occupier (section 103A)
   50.     Potentially contaminating activities (sections 103C and 103H)
   51.     Causing site contamination (section 103D)
   52.     Liability for property damage etc caused by person entering land--exemptions (section 103M)

           Division 2--Site contamination auditors

              Subdivision 1--Accreditation

   53.     Eligibility for accreditation
   54.     Application for accreditation
   55.     Grant of accreditation
   56.     Conditions of accreditation
   57.     Offence to contravene certain conditions of accreditation
   58.     Annual fee
   59.     Term and renewal of accreditation
   60.     Disciplinary action against site contamination auditors and voluntary suspension
   61.     Surrender of accreditation
   62.     Return of certificate of accreditation and identity card
   63.     Appeals
   64.     Register of site contamination auditors

              Subdivision 2--Requirements applying to auditors

   65.     Annual returns by auditors (section 103Y(2))
   66.     Notifications by auditors after commencement or termination of audit (section 103Z(3))
   67.     Site contamination audit report summary and statement (section 103Z(4))
   68.     Site contamination audit statements to be provided to prescribed bodies (section 103Z(4))

   PART 6--Waste depot levy

   69.     Approval of weighbridges
   70.     Waste depot levy (section 113)
   71.     Reporting of mass or volume of waste received at depots
   72.     Certain depots must have approved weighbridge
   73.     Exemptions from approved weighbridge requirements
   74.     Verification of returns by volumetric survey
   75.     Special provision for certain councils for waste fees

   PART 7--Other fees and charges

   76.     Registration or cancellation of registration of environment protection order (section 95)
   77.     Registration or cancellation of registration of clean-up order or clean-up authorisation (section 103)
   78.     Registration or cancellation of site contamination assessment order or site remediation order (section 103R)
   79.     Prescribed fee for emergency authorisation (section 105)
   80.     Recovery of administrative and technical costs associated with contraventions (section 135)
   81.     Interest on amounts recoverable by Authority under sections 64D, 95, 103 and 103R
   82.     Further fees

   PART 8--Miscellaneous

   83.     Payment of fees by instalments and recovery of fees
   84.     Authority may require copy of decision on development applications
   85.     Exemption from requirement for licence for transportation of controlled waste
   86.     Exemption from item 4(c) of Schedule 1 of Environment Protection (Air Quality) Policy 1994
   87.     Transitional provisions relating to bodies corporate under repealed Acts
           SCHEDULE 1--Forms
           SCHEDULE 2--Environmental authorisations--application and authorisation fees
           SCHEDULE 3--Site contamination
           SCHEDULE 4--Miscellaneous fees
           SCHEDULE 5--Revocation and transitional provisions