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Environment Protection Amendment (Landfill Levies) Bill 2010 Introduction Print EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Clause Notes Clause 1 sets out the purpose of the Bill, which is to amend the Environment Protection Act 1970 to increase municipal and industrial waste landfill levies. Clause 2 provides for commencement of the Bill. The provisions of the Bill come into operation 1 July 2010. Clause 3 substitutes Schedule D of the Environment Protection Act 1970. New Schedule D increases the amount payable as landfill levy for each tonne of municipal and industrial waste deposited on Schedule C premises and Non-Schedule C premises. The increases are in two increments, that is, for waste deposited on or after 1 July 2010 and for waste deposited on or after 1 July 2011. Clause 4 provides for the automatic repeal of this amending Bill on 1 July 2011. The repeal of the Bill does not affect in any way the continuing operation of the amendments made by the Bill (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984). 561463 1 BILL LA INTRODUCTION 23/3/2010