Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING REGULATION 2023 - REG 17

17 Requirements for calculating amount of waste levy—Act, s 37

(1) For section 37 (2) of the Act , the total amount of waste levy imposed on all levyable waste that is delivered to a levyable waste disposal site during a levy period is the sum of the individual amounts of waste levy imposed on each type of levyable waste.

(2) The individual amount of waste levy imposed on each type of levyable waste is worked out using the formula—

where—

"L" means the individual amount of waste levy imposed on the type of levyable waste in a levy period.

"W" means the total weight, in tonnes, of the type of levyable waste delivered to the levyable waste disposal site during the levy period.

"R" means the applicable rate of waste levy imposed on the type of levyable waste for the financial year for which the waste levy is worked out.

(3) For this section, the
"applicable rate of waste levy" is the rate of the waste levy that applies in relation to the type of waste under section 15 or 16 , as applicable.