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National Environment Protection (Used Packaging Materials) Measure 20111

We, the NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COUNCIL, make this Measure under subsection 14 (1) of the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 of the Commonwealth, the National Environment Protection Council (New South Wales) Act 1995 of New South Wales, the National Environment Protection Council (Victoria) Act 1995 of Victoria, the National Environment Protection Council (Queensland) Act 1994 of Queensland, the National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Act 1996 of Western Australia, the National Environment Protection Council (South Australia) Act 1995 of South Australia, the National Environment Protection Council (Tasmania) Act 1995 of Tasmania, the National Environment Protection Council (Northern Territory) Act 1994 of the Northern Territory, and the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 of the Australian Capital Territory.

Dated 16 September 2011

Contents

Part 1 Preliminary

 1 Name of measure
 2 Commencement
 3 Definitions

Part 2 National Environment Protection Goal

 4 Purpose of Part (Act, s 14 (3) (b))
 5 Background
 6 National Environment Protection Goal
 7 Scope

Part 3 National Environment Protection Guidelines

 8 Purpose of Part (Act, s 14 (3) (c))
 9 Statutory Obligations and Rights
 10 Enforcement of National Environment Protection Measure Obligations
 11 Exemptions/Deemed Compliance
 12 National Environment Protection Measure Application Thresholds
 13 Dependence on the Covenant

Part 4 National Environment Protection Protocol

 14 Purpose of Part (Act, s 14 (3) (d))
 15 Methods of Collecting Information and Reporting
 16 Recovery Data
 17 Collection and Participation Data
 18 Supporting Data
 19 Information Relating to the Covenant
 20 Commencement of Reporting
 21 Information Supplied to Council
 22 Review of this Measure

Section 14 of the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 and the equivalent provision of the corresponding Act of each participating State and Territory provides for the making of measures by the National Environment Protection Council and the matters to which they relate. This Measure relates to re-use and recycling of used materials (paragraph 14 (1) (f)).

The Measure is to be implemented by the laws and other arrangements participating jurisdictions consider necessary: see section 7 of the Commonwealth Act and the equivalent provision of the corresponding Act of each participating State and Territory.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of measure

  This Measure is the National Environment Protection (Used Packaging Materials) Measure 2011.

2 Commencement

 (1) This Measure is taken to have commenced on 15 July 2005 and will continue subject to review as per clause 22.

 (2) On and after 1 July 2010:
 (a) a reference to the National Packaging Covenant is to be treated as reference to the Australian Packaging Covenant; and
 (b) a reference to the Environmental Code of Practice for Packaging is to be treated as reference to the Sustainable Packaging Guidelines, except in