Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00625:reg:10:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00625
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 15012–17609

10  Conditions of waste plastic export licence—waste plastic other than processed engineered fuel
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 35(1)(b) of the Act, this section prescribes conditions of a waste plastic export licence in relation to regulated waste plastic covered by the licence, other than regulated waste plastic that is processed engineered fuel (see section 11).
Note 1: A waste plastic export licence is also subject to:
(a) the conditions (if any) specified in the licence under paragraph 35(1)(c) of the Act; and
(b) the condition that the holder of the licence must comply with any directions given to the holder under section 64 of the Act.
Note 2: The holder of a waste plastic export licence may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if a condition of the licence is contravened (see section 59 of the Act).
Note 3: Conditions, and any other aspect of a waste plastic export licence, may be varied either on application by the licence holder or by the Minister on the Minister's own initiative (see Part 6 of Chapter 2 of the Act).
 (2) The holder of the licence must, for each consignment of regulated waste plastic intended for export under the licence:
 (a) ensure that the plastic is sorted, prior to export, into a single polymer plastic or single resin plastic; and
 (b) ensure that the plastic complies, prior to export, with the nominated specification for the plastic; and
 (c) have or have had, at the time the plastic is exported, a commercial relationship with the importer of the plastic.
Note: For the purposes of paragraph (b), the nominated specification for a kind of plastic intended for export before 1 July 2022 may be a different nominated specification to that for the same kind of plastic intended for export on or after 1 July 2022 (see the definition of nominated specification in section 4 and see subsection 7(3)).
 (3) If the holder of the licence is not the supplier of the regulated waste plastic intended for export, the holder must, at the time the plastic is exported, have or have had a commercial relationship with the supplier.
 (4) If, in accordance with paragraph 36(2)(d) of the Act, the licence states a place to which the plastic may be exported, the holder of the licence must export the plastic only to that place.
 (5) The holder of the licence must notify the Minister, in the form approved by the Minister, if any of the following changes occur:
 (a) if the holder is not the supplier of the plastic—a change in the supplier;
 (b) if the holder uses a freight forwarder or other agent to export the plastic—a change in the