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An Act to promote waste avoidance and resource recovery; to repeal
the Waste Minimisation and Management Act 1995;
to amend the Protection of the Environment
Operations Act 1997; and for other
purposes.Part 1 Preliminary1 Name of ActThis Act is the Waste Avoidance
and Resource Recovery Act 2001.2 CommencementThis Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by
proclamation.3 Objects of ActThe objects of this Act are as follows:(a) to encourage the most efficient use of resources and to reduce
environmental harm in accordance with the principles of ecologically
(b) to ensure that resource management options are considered against
a hierarchy of the following order:(i) avoidance of unnecessary resource consumption,
(ii) resource recovery (including reuse, reprocessing, recycling and
energy recovery),
(iii) disposal,
(c) to provide for the continual reduction in waste
(d) to minimise the consumption of natural resources and the final
disposal of waste by encouraging the avoidance of waste and the reuse and
recycling of waste,
(e) to ensure that industry shares with the community the
responsibility for reducing and dealing with waste,
(f) to ensure the efficient funding of waste and resource management
planning, programs and service delivery,
(g) to achieve integrated waste and resource management planning,
programs and service delivery on a State-wide basis,
(h) to assist in the achievement of the objectives of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
4 Definitions(1) In this Act:Department means the Department
of Environment and Conservation.Director-General means the
Director-General of the Department.exercise a
includes a power, authority or duty.principles
of ecologically sustainable development means the principles of
ecologically sustainable development contained in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991.waste has the
same meaning as in the Protection of the
Environment Operations Act 1997.(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this
Act.Part 2 Functions of Director-General5 (Repealed)6 Functions of Director-General(1) The functions of the Director-General are as follows:(a) to develop, implement or co-ordinate the implementation of (and
evaluate strategies and programs for State-wide achievement of) government
policy objectives in respect of:(i) resource efficiency and waste reduction and management in relation
to regions, industry sectors or material types, and
(ii) community education and awareness in relation to resource
efficiency and waste reduction and management, and
(iii) programs for the prevention of litter and illegal dumping,
(iv) market development for recovered resources and recycled material,
(v) information dissemination,
(b) to develop, co-ordinate and monitor the implementation of event
and public space waste management codes,
(c) to assist local communities to enter into arrangements for
regionally-based secondary resource recovery from waste,
(d) to assist in developing co-ordinated waste management services,
including system and contract reform (such as contracts for waste and
recycling services and system co-ordination),
(e) to research and develop waste reduction and resource efficiency
infrastructure, technologies and systems,
(f) to develop and support training and education programs for
resource efficiency, waste reduction and waste and litter
(g) to monitor, report on and evaluate the regional implementation of
State-wide policies and strategies with respect to waste,
(h) to advise the Minister as to the kinds of articles, materials and
substances that should be prohibited from being used for landfill or from
being used in connection with other treatment processes, and the resource
recovery options for those articles, materials and
(i) such other functions as may be conferred or imposed on the
Director-General by or under this or any other Act or
(2) The Director-General may provide advice to the Minister on matters
relating to waste policy.(3) The Director-General is, in the exercise of the
Director-General’s functions, to have regard to the principles of
ecologically sustainable development.7–10 (Repealed)11 Delegation(1) The Director-General may delegate to an authorised person the
exercise of any of the Director-General’s functions, other than this
power of delegation.(2) In this section:authorised
person means:(a) a member of the staff of the Department, or
Part 3 Waste strategies12 Development of waste strategies(1) The Director-General is to develop a waste strategy for the
State.(2) A waste strategy:(a) is to be based on continuous improvement and benchmarked against
(b) is to include targets for waste reduction, resource recovery and
the diversion of waste from landfill disposal, developed by an expert
reference group appointed by the Director-General.
(3) A waste strategy does not take effect until it is adopted by the
Director-General.(4) (Repealed)(5) After the adoption of the first waste strategy, subsequent waste
strategies, to replace existing waste strategies, are to be developed at
intervals of not more than 5 years.(6) For the purpose of developing any waste strategy, the adequacy of
the waste strategy is, if appropriate, to be assessed by means including the
technique known as life cycle analysis.(7) Before adopting a waste strategy, the Director-General:(a) must cause notice of the proposed strategy to be published in a
daily newspaper circulating throughout the State, and
(b) must cause copies of the proposed strategy to be made available
for public inspection on the Internet and at the head office of the
(c) must allow a period of at least 28 days for members of the public
to send written comments to the Director-General in relation to the proposed
(d) must take any such comments into
13 (Repealed)14 Power to request councils to report on waste strategy
compliance(1) The Director-General may request a local council to provide the
reasons for any specified non-compliance by the local council with the
objectives of the current waste strategy.(2) Such a request must be in writing and must specify the date by
which the local council is requested to provide the reasons to the
Director-General.Part 4 Responsibilities with respect to industry waste
reduction15 Extended producer responsibility schemes(1) For the purposes of this Part, an extended
producer responsibility scheme is a scheme for giving effect to an
environmental policy in which the producer’s responsibility for a
product (including physical or financial responsibility) is extended to the
post-consumer stage of the product’s
life-cycle.(2) Any such scheme includes a scheme for product stewardship (that
is, shared responsibility for the life-cycle of products including the
environmental impact of the product from the extraction of virgin materials,
to manufacturing, to consumption and through to and including ultimate
disposal and post-disposal consequences).(3) In this Part:producer of
a product includes a supplier of the product in this State or person having a
proprietary interest in the name under which the product is supplied in this
State.product
includes any substance.16 Regulations for implementation and operation of
schemesThe regulations may make provision for or with respect to the
implementation and operation of extended producer responsibility schemes in
connection with a product, group of products or an industry in New South
Wales.17 Circumstances in which schemes may be
implemented(1) The Minister is not to recommend the making of a regulation for or
with respect to the implementation of an extended producer responsibility
scheme unless the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary to do so having
regard to the following matters:(a) the volume of waste requiring ultimate disposal or the toxicity of
the waste generated,
(b) whether there is a national scheme in place that adequately
addresses waste issues in New South Wales,
(c) whether there is an effective voluntary scheme in place
(nationally or State based) that is able to achieve the desired outcomes and
is being actively implemented, monitored and reported on,
(d) whether economic analysis supports the implementation of the
(e) whether there are any constitutional or other impediments to New
South Wales acting unilaterally in implementing the
(2) A regulation with respect to the implementation or operation of a
scheme cannot be challenged or invalidated because of this
section.18 Priorities with respect to the implementation of
schemes(1) The Director-General is required to publicly advertise each year a
priority statement with respect to the extended producer responsibility
schemes the Director-General proposes to recommend for implementation under
this Part.(2) The advertisement is to be published in at least 2 newspapers
circulating throughout the State and in such other publications as the
Director-General considers appropriate.(3) The advertisement is to invite written submissions to the
Director-General on any relevant matter relating to the priority statement and
state the period (being not less than 1 month after the advertisement is last
published) within which submissions may be made.(4) The Director-General is, not later than 3 months after the closing
date for submissions, to publish a report on any submissions received by the
Director-General and to make the report available to the
public.Part 5 Financial provisions19 (Repealed)20 Provision by Director-General of financial assistance and
guarantees(1) The Director-General may, for the purposes of exercising the
Director-General’s functions under this Act:(a) provide loans, grants, subsidies and other financial assistance,
(b) subject to subsection (2), provide financial
(2) The Director-General may provide a financial guarantee only with
the approval of the Minister and the concurrence of the
Treasurer.21 Fees for services supplied by Director-GeneralThe Director-General may charge, for the supply of any services
under this Act or the regulations:(a) such fee as is prescribed by the regulations for the supply of the
(b) if a fee is not so prescribed, such reasonable fee as the
Director-General determines for the supply of the
22 Acquisitions by Director-General(1) The Director-General may acquire by gift, bequest or devise any
property for the purposes of this Act and may agree to carry out the
conditions of any such gift, bequest or devise.(2) The rule of law against remoteness of vesting does not apply to or
Director-General has agreed.Part 6 Miscellaneous23 Act to bind CrownThis Act binds the Crown in right of New South Wales and, in so
Crown in all its other capacities.24 Reports by Director-General(1) The Director-General must prepare and deliver to the Minister a
report every 2 years on the following matters:(a) the volumes of waste avoided, produced, recycled or reused in New
South Wales during the reporting period,
(b) how those volumes compare with target volumes established by any
current waste strategy,
(c) a description of the strategies and programs being implemented by
the Director-General and the degree of success achieved by
(2) The Minister is to cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each
House of Parliament no later than the fifth sitting day of that House in the
Parliamentary session next following the end of the reporting
period.25 (Repealed)26 Proceedings for offencesProceedings for offences against this Act or the regulations are
to be disposed of summarily by the Local Court.27 Regulations(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act,
exceeding:(a) 200 penalty units in the case of an individual,
(b) 400 penalty units in the case of a
(3) The regulations may adopt any document as in force from time to
time.28 Repeal of Waste Minimisation and Management
Act 1995 No 102The Waste Minimisation and Management Act
1995 is repealed.29, 30 (Repealed)31 Savings, transitional and other provisionsSchedule 4 has effect.32 Review of Act(1) The Minister is to review this Act to determine whether the policy
years.Schedules 1–3 (Repealed)Schedule 4 Savings, transitional and other
provisions(Section 31)Part 1 Preliminary1 Regulations(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or
amends this ActBrigalow and Nandewar Community
Conservation Area Act 2005, but only to the extent that it
1A DefinitionsIn this Schedule:assets means
documents.liabilities means any
whether vested or contingent).Part 2 Provisions consequent on enactment of this
means the Waste Minimisation and Management Act
1995.instrument
process of a court.State
Waste Advisory Council means the State Waste Advisory Council
established by the former Act as in force immediately before the repeal of
that Act by this Act.Waste
Board means a Waste Planning and Management Board constituted under
Part 3 of the former Act as in force immediately before the repeal of that Act
by this Act.3 Dissolution of Waste Boards(1) Each Waste Board is dissolved.(2) A person who, immediately before the dissolution of a Waste Board,
held office as a director of the Waste Board:(a) ceases to hold that office, and
4 General managers and other declared officers of Waste
Boards(1) This clause applies to a person employed by a Waste Board
immediately before the day on which the Waste Board is dissolved by this Act
as:(a) the general manager, or
(b) an officer declared by the Minister by order in writing to be an
officer to whom this clause applies.
(2) A person to whom this clause applies:(a) ceases to hold the position held by the person immediately before
the Waste Board is dissolved, and
(b) except as provided by subclause (3), is not entitled to any
compensation because of the loss of that position, and
(c) is eligible to be employed by Resource
(3) Any such person (if not employed by Resource NSW on ceasing to
hold that position) is entitled to be paid by Resource NSW:(a) the compensation (if any) that would have been payable under Part
2A of the Public Sector Management Act
1988 on termination of employment if the person had been an
executive officer to whom that Part applied, or
(b) the compensation (if any) provided by the person’s contract
of employment with the dissolved Waste Board on termination of employment with
whichever is the lesser.5 Staff of Waste Boards (other than General Manager or other
declared officer)(1) This clause applies to a person employed by a Waste Board
immediately before the day on which the Waste Board is dissolved by this Act,
other than the general manager or other officer to whom clause 4
applies.(2) A person to whom this clause applies becomes, on the dissolution
of the Waste Board, an employee of Resource NSW.(3) The person is (until other provision is duly made under any Act or
law) to be employed in accordance with any relevant statutory provisions,
awards, agreements and determinations that would have applied to the person
had the person remained in the employ of the Waste
Board.6 Construction of references to Waste BoardsOn the dissolution of a Waste Board by this Act, a reference in
any Act (other than this Act), in an instrument made under any Act or in a
document of any kind:(a) to the Waste Board is taken to be a reference to Resource NSW,
(b) to a director of the Waste Board is taken to be a reference to a
member of the Board of Resource NSW, and
(c) to the general manager of the Waste Board is taken to be a
reference to the Chief Executive of Resource NSW.
7 Transfer of assets, rights and liabilities to new
Authority(1) On the day on which a Waste Board is dissolved by this Act, the
following provisions have effect:(a) the assets of the Waste Board vest in Resource NSW by virtue of
this clause without the need for any further conveyance, transfer, assignment
(b) the rights and liabilities of the Waste Board become the rights
and liabilities of Resource NSW,
(c) all proceedings commenced before that day by or against the Waste
Board and pending immediately before that day are taken to be proceedings
pending by or against Resource NSW,
day by, to or in respect of the Waste Board is (to the extent that that act,
by, to or in respect of Resource NSW.
(2) The Minister may, by order in writing, direct that any specified
asset, right or liability of a Waste Board is transferred to a body
representing the Crown (but only if the body consents to the transfer).
Subclause (1) applies to any such direction as if a reference to Resource NSW
were a reference to that body.(3) The operation of this clause is not to be regarded:(a) as a breach of contract or confidence or otherwise as a civil
default under any contract or other agreement.(5) No attornment to the transferee by a lessee from a Waste Board is
required.8 Transfer dutyDuty under the Duties Act
1997 is not chargeable for or in respect of:(a) a transfer effected by or under this Schedule,
9 First annual report of Resource NSW(1) This clause applies with respect to any period before the
dissolution of a Waste Board for which the affairs of the Waste Board have not
been the subject of an annual financial report of the Waste
Board.(2) The first annual report of Resource NSW is to include the
financial affairs of a dissolved Waste Board with respect to any such
period.10 Abolition of State Waste Advisory Council(1) The State Waste Advisory Council is
abolished.(2) A person who, immediately before the abolition of State Waste
Advisory Council, held office as a member of the Council:(a) ceases to hold that office, and
11 (Repealed)12 Existing industry waste reduction plans(1) In this clause:IWRP means
an industry waste reduction plan in force under Part 4 of the former Act
immediately before its repeal.used packaging
materials IWRP means the IWRP notified in the Gazette of 29
September 2000.(2) On the repeal of the former Act, each IWRP (other than the used
packaging materials IWRP) is revoked and ceases to have
effect.(3) The used packaging materials IWRP continues to have effect
until:(a) 1 July 2006, or
(b) a date appointed by proclamation for the purposes of this
whichever first occurs.(3A) Paragraph 5.1 of the used packaging materials IWRP is to be
2001, whichever occurs first.(4) The provisions of the former Act relating to an IWRP (and related
provisions of the Protection of the
Environment Operations Act 1997) continue to have effect
(despite their repeal) with respect to the used packaging materials IWRP while
it continues to have effect under subclauses (3) and
(3A).Part 3 Provisions consequent on enactment of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
200313 DefinitionsIn this Part:Board means the
Board of Resource NSW referred to in section 8 as in force immediately before
the repeal of that section by the Statute
Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003.Resource
NSW means the corporation constituted under section 5 as in force
immediately before the repeal of that section by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2003.14 Dissolution of Resource NSW(1) Resource NSW is dissolved.(2) A reference in any document (other than this Act) to Resource NSW
year.(2) In this clause, financial year has the
same meaning as it has in the Public
Finance and Audit Act 1983.Note. An annual report referred to in clause 16 (1) must contain
1983 and audited under that Division.Part 4 Provisions consequent on enactment of Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area
Act 200517 Abolition of Waste Fund(1) The Waste Fund established under former section 19 is
abolished.(2) All money that is in the Waste Fund, as at the date of its
abolition by this clause, is to be paid into the Environmental Trust
Fund.(3) In this clause:Environmental Trust
Fund means the fund of that name established by the Environmental Trust Act
1998.former
section 19 means section 19 of this Act as in force immediately
before the commencement of Schedule 12.6 to the Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area
Act 2005.Historical notesThe following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule Cl clause No number Schs Schedules Cll clauses p page Sec section Div Division pp pages Secs sections Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted Table of amending instrumentsWaste Avoidance and Resource
Recovery Act 2001 No 58. Minister’s second reading
pm. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement, Sch 3.8 excepted, 8.10.2001,
sec 2 and GG No 143 of 21.9.2001, p 7867; date of commencement of Sch 3.8,
25.7.2001, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 25.7.2001, p 5613. This Act has been amended
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001.Date of commencement of Sch 2.40, assent, sec 2
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003.Date of commencement of Sch 1.44, assent, sec 2
Provisions) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004.Date of commencement of Sch 1.44, 1.7.2004, Sch
Conservation Area Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005.Date of commencement of Sch 12.6, 1.7.2005, sec 2
Provisions) Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008.Date of commencement of Sch 1.40, assent, sec 2
Long titleAm 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [3].Sec 4Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [4]
[5].Part 2, headingSubst 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44
[6].Sec 5Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [7].Sec 6Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [8]–[10]; 2005 No 56,
Sch 12.6 [1].Secs 7–10Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [7].Sec 11Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44
[9]–[11].Sec 12Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [9] [12]–[14]; 2008
No 62, Sch 1.40 [1] [2].Sec 13Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [7].Sec 14Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [9].Sec 18Am 2001 No 112, Sch 2.40 [1] [2]; 2003 No 82, Sch
1.44 [15].Sec 19Am 2001 No 112, Sch 2.40 [3]; 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44
[16]–[18]. Rep 2005 No 56, Sch 12.6 [2].Sec 20Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [9]
[19].Sec 21, headingAm 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [20].Sec 21Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [9]
[15].Sec 22, headingAm 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [21].Sec 22Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [9].Sec 24, headingAm 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [20].Sec 24Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [9].Sec 25Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [7].Sec 26Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.Secs 29, 30Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [7].Schs 1–3Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [22].Sch 4Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [23]–[27]; 2004 No
55, Sch 1.44 [1]–[4]; 2005 No 56, Sch 12.6
[3]–[5].The whole Act (except the long title, secs 4 (1),
5, 6 (2) and (3), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (1) and (4), 13, 14 (1), 19 (3), (4) (b)
and (5) (b), 20 (1) and (2), 21, 22 (1), 24 (1) (except sec 24 (1) (c)) and
25, Schs 1, 3 and 4 and the headings to Part 2 and secs 20, 21, 22, 24 and
25)Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [1] (“Resource
NSW” omitted wherever occurring, “the Director-General”
inserted instead).The whole Act (except secs 4 (1), 13 and 19 (4) (b)
and Sch 2)Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.44 [2] (“The EPA”
and “the EPA” omitted wherever occurring, “The
Director-General” and “the Director-General” inserted