Western Australian Current Acts

WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 52

52 .         Codes of practice

        (1)         The Waste Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make codes of practice for the provision of waste services —

            (a)         generally; or

            (b)         in relation to local government waste; or

            (c)         in relation to other particular types of situations.

        (2)         A code must be made in consultation with such entities as have, in the opinion of the Waste Authority, a relevant interest in its provisions.

        (3)         A code must not be inconsistent with any written law.

        (4)         The Interpretation Act 1984 section 43(7), (8) and (9) applies to a code as if it were subsidiary legislation.

        (5)         The Waste Authority may amend or revoke a code or revoke it and substitute another code for it.

        (6)         The Waste Authority must cause any code, and any amendment or substituted code, to be published for public information.