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WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 47Z

47Z .         Functions of Coordinator

        (1)         The Coordinator’s main function is to administer and provide governance for the scheme.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), the Coordinator has the following functions —

            (a)         to enter into, and manage, supply agreements in order to ensure contributions are made to the costs of the scheme;

            (b)         to establish and maintain databases of container approvals and scheme agreements;

            (c)         to enter into, and manage, export rebate agreements;

            (d)         to establish a network of refund points by entering into refund point agreements and, if directed to do so by the Minister, by acting as a refund point operator;

            (e)         to enter into, and manage, refund point agreements;

            (f)         to enter into, and manage, material recovery agreements;

            (g)         to ensure arrangements are in place for —

                  (i)         returning and collecting containers; and

                  (ii)         handling, sorting, processing, verifying, transporting and recycling containers that have been returned to a refund point or collected or received by an MRF operator;

            (h)         to determine the amounts payable under the scheme to and by the Coordinator under scheme agreements;

                  (i)         to make and receive the payments referred to in paragraph (h);

            (j)         to ensure arrangements are in place for verifying the validity of payments claimed and made under the scheme;

            (k)         to raise and maintain public awareness of the scheme, including how the scheme operates and the location of refund points;

            (l)         to receive and deal with complaints relating to the scheme from members of the public and entities participating in the scheme;

            (m)         to obtain data on recycling rates for containers prior to the commencement of the scheme and throughout its operation in order to measure the outcomes of the scheme;

            (n)         any other functions given under this Act or another Act.

        (3)         Regulations may deal with any matter in relation to the Coordinator’s functions, and may (without limitation) —

            (a)         give the Coordinator additional functions; and

            (b)         deal with any matter in relation to the Coordinator’s performance of its functions.

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



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