Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Waste
Authority must —
(a)
include in its business plan each year a priority statement with respect to
any extended producer responsibility schemes the Waste Authority proposes to
recommend for implementation and operation under the regulations; and
(b)
advertise the priority statement; and
(c) in
the advertisement, invite submissions on any relevant matter relating to the
priority statement.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not apply in respect of the first year after the commencement of this
section.
(3) The advertisement
must be published —
(a) in
the Gazette ; and
(b)
twice in a newspaper circulating throughout the State; and
(c)
otherwise as the Waste Authority considers appropriate.
(4) Submissions may be
made, in the form, if any, approved by the Waste Authority, by any entity
—
(a)
within a period determined by the Waste Authority that is not less than 28
days after the day on which the notice is published under subsection (3)(a);
and
(b) by
—
(i)
delivering or posting them so that they are received
within that period at the offices of the Waste Authority; or
(ii)
sending them by electronic communication (as defined in
the Electronic Transactions Act 2011 section 5(1)) in the manner provided for
in the regulations so that they are received by the Waste Authority within
that period.
(5) The Waste
Authority must have regard to the submissions when deciding whether or not to
proceed with recommending the implementation and operation under the
regulations of an extended producer responsibility scheme.
[Section 47 amended: No. 34 of 2020 s. 75.]
[Heading inserted: No. 5 of 2019 s. 6.]
[Heading inserted: No. 5 of 2019 s. 6.]