Western Australian Current Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 4

4 .         Terms used; amounts of units for fees

        (1)         In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears —

        best practice criteria means criteria specified by the Chief Executive Officer that require the establishment and implementation of —

            (a)         an environmental policy; and

            (b)         environmental performance objectives; and

            (c)         continual improvement programmes; and

            (d)         environmental management and audit plans; and

            (e)         other measures that the Chief Executive Officer considers necessary for good environmental performance and management;

        category means a category of premises specified in Schedule 1;

        licence means a licence under Part V of the Act;

        licence period means —

            (a)         in relation to an application for a licence — the period to which the application relates;

            (b)         in relation to a licence — the period covered by the licence.

        (2)         A reference in this Part to a kind of waste is a reference to both the type of waste and the nature of its discharge into the environment.

        (3)         A reference in this Part or a Schedule to a category followed by a designation is a reference to the category so designated in the first column of Schedule 1.

        (4)         A reference in Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Swan Coastal Plain is a reference to the area defined in Schedule 1 to the Environmental Protection (Swan Coastal Plain Lakes) Policy Approval Order 1992  ¹ .

        (5)         In regulations 5B, 5CB, 5DA and 5F and in Schedule 3 fee amounts are expressed in units or fractions of a unit, one unit being equivalent to the amount specified in column 2 of the Table to this subregulation during the period specified in column 1 of that Table.

Table

Column 1 Period	Column 2 $
Beginning on 1 July 2013 and ending on 30 June 2014	30.40
Beginning on 1 July 2014 and ending on 30 June 2015	31.60
Beginning on 1 July 2015 and ending on 30 June 2016	32.90
Beginning on 1 July 2016 and ending on 30 June 2017	34.20
Beginning on 1 July 2017 and ending on 30 June 2018	35.60
Beginning on 1 July 2018 and ending on 30 June 2022	40.60
On and from 1 July 2022	43.45

        (6)         In Schedule 4 Part 1 fee amounts are expressed in units or fractions of a unit and, for a financial year, one unit is equivalent to the amount specified in column 2 of the Table to this subregulation for that year.

Table

Column 1 Period	Column 2 $
Beginning on 1 July 2013 and ending on 30 June 2014	30.40
Beginning on 1 July 2014 and ending on 30 June 2015	31.60
Beginning on 1 July 2015 and ending on 30 June 2016	32.90
Beginning on 1 July 2016 and ending on 30 June 2017	34.20
Beginning on 1 July 2017 and ending on 30 June 2018	35.60
Beginning on 1 July 2018 and ending on 30 June 2022	40.60
On and from 1 July 2022	43.45

        (7)         In Schedule 4 Parts 2 and 3 fee amounts are expressed in units or fractions of a unit and, for a financial year, one unit is equivalent to the amount specified in column 2 of the Table to this subregulation for that year.

Table

Column 1 Period	Column 2 $
Beginning on 1 July 2013 and ending on 30 June 2014	42.60
Beginning on 1 July 2014 and ending on 30 June 2015	44.30
Beginning on 1 July 2015 and ending on 30 June 2016	46.10
Beginning on 1 July 2016 and ending on 30 June 2017	47.90
Beginning on 1 July 2017 and ending on 30 June 2018	49.80
Beginning on 1 July 2018 and ending on 30 June 2022	56.80
On and from 1 July 2022	62.50

        [Regulation 4 inserted: Gazette 13 Sep 1996 p. 4546; amended: Gazette 12 Sep 1997 p. 5150; 4 Aug 2000 p. 4199‑200; 9 Sep 2003 p. 4053; 22 Jun 2004 p. 2143‑4; 12 Oct 2004 p. 4755; 22 Jun 2007 p. 2839‑41; 18 Jun 2013 p. 2294-5; 28 Jun 2016 p. 2630; 12 Jun 2018 p. 1887‑8; SL 2022/68 r. 4.]