Western Australian Current Acts

WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 47R

47R .         Material recovery agreement

        (1)         In this section, a container is an approved container if a container approval is in force that applies to the beverage product for which the container was used.

        (2)         The Coordinator may enter into a written agreement (a material recovery agreement ) with an MRF operator that includes provisions about —

            (a)         the Coordinator’s obligation to make payments to the MRF operator in relation to empty approved containers the MRF operator collects or receives (other than containers that have been returned to a refund point); and

            (b)         any other matter prescribed by the regulations.

        (3)         An MRF operator must not claim, or attempt to claim, payment from the Coordinator under a material recovery agreement —

            (a)         if the MRF operator is not entitled to the payment under this Act or the material recovery agreement; or

            (b)         in any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

        Civil penalty: $50 000.

        [Section 47R inserted: No. 5 of 2019 s. 6.]