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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2023 (NO 109 OF 2023) - REG 77

77—Certain depots must have approved weighbridge

        (1)         Subject to this regulation and regulation 78

, if a waste depot has, in a financial year—

            (a)         received at the depot 20 000 tonnes or more of solid waste and other matter; or

            (b)         disposed of at the depot 10 000 tonnes or more of solid waste (including waste used as cover for landfill),

the holder of the waste depot licence must ensure that an approved weighbridge is installed at the depot no later than 4 months after the end of that financial year, for weighing solid waste and other matter received, used or disposed of at, or transported from, the depot.

Maximum penalty: $4 000.

Expiation fee: $300.

        (2)         The Authority may, on application by the holder of a waste depot licence within the relevant 4 month period referred to in subregulation (1)

, extend the period within which an approved weighbridge must be installed at the depot by a further period of 2 months.

        (3)         Despite subregulation (1)

, the holder of a waste depot licence is not required to comply with the requirement to have a weighbridge installed at the depot if—

            (a)         —

                  (i)         a weighbridge located at a place other than the depot was used by the licence holder before 1 October 2000 for the purpose of weighing waste received for disposal at the depot; and

                  (ii)         the licence holder currently owns and operates the weighbridge for that purpose; or

            (b)         the depot conducted by the licence holder is not a landfill depot and—

                  (i)         a weighbridge located at a place other than that depot was used by the licence holder before 1 July 2021 for the purpose of weighing waste received for resource recovery at the depot; and

                  (ii)         the licence holder currently owns and operates the weighbridge for that purpose.



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