Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTROLLED WASTE) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 31

31 .         Permit for removal of a controlled waste

        (1)         An occupier of premises or an occupier's agent who wishes to remove a controlled waste from the occupier's premises must apply to the Chief Executive Officer for a permit to remove the waste.

        (2)         An occupier of premises who causes or allows a controlled waste to be removed from the premises -

            (a)         without a permit granted under subregulation (4); or

            (b)         in contravention of any condition imposed in a permit granted under subregulation (4),

                commits an offence.

        (3)         An application by a person under subregulation (1) is to be made in the approved manner and the approved form duly completed and is to be accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed in Schedule 3.

        (4)         The Chief Executive Officer may grant, or refuse to grant, a permit under this regulation.

        (5)         The Chief Executive Officer may grant a permit subject to such conditions as the Chief Executive Officer thinks fit.

        (6)         A person who has obtained a permit may apply to the Chief Executive Officer for a condition of the permit to be changed or removed by application -

            (a)         made in the approved form; and

            (b)         accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in Schedule 3.

        (7)         The Chief Executive Officer is to assign a unique consignment number to each permit granted under subregulation (4) and that number is to be shown on the permit.

        (8)         Unless otherwise approved by the Chief Executive Officer, a permit is valid for one removal operation only by a carrier from the premises specified in the permit.

        (9)         If the Chief Executive Officer approves a permit as being for more than one removal operation, whether from the same or different premises, these regulations apply to each removal of a controlled waste from the premises under the permit as if the permit were a permit for each of those removal operations.

        (10)         A permit expires on the date specified by the Chief Executive Officer in the permit.

        (11)         This regulation applies to the occupier of premises in another State or a Territory if a controlled waste on those premises is to be removed from those premises and disposed of in this State.