Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) During the 6 month period beginning on the commencement day, an existing operator is taken to hold an existing operator licence that authorises the existing operator to process an amount of permitted waste at the existing facility using a thermal waste to energy process that is less than or equal to the amount that the existing operator was authorised to process under any existing waste processing authority that is in force immediately before the commencement day.
(2) An existing operator licence under subsection (1) remains in force until the earliest of the following—
(a) the day on which the existing operator is issued an existing operator licence under section 74Y;
(b) the day on which the existing waste processing authority expires (however described) in accordance with the terms and conditions of that authority as in force immediately before the commencement day;
(c) the day that is 6 months after the commencement day.
(3) In this section—
"commencement day" means the day on which section 14 of the Environment
Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Act 2022 comes
into operation.
Part 6—Container deposit scheme
Division 1—Preliminary