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Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Waste Management) Regulations 1994

Statutory Rules 1994 No. 36 as amended

made under the

Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980

This compilation was prepared on 30 January 2003
taking into account amendments up to SR 2002 No. 8

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

Part 1 Preliminary

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
 2 Objects of the Regulations
 3 Interpretation

Part 2 Waste management

Division 1 Planning and conducting waste management

 4 Planning and conduct of waste minimisation and management

Division 2 Storage of waste

 5 How must waste be stored

Division 3 Removal of waste

 6 Waste that must be removed
 7 Solid, non-combustible waste
 8 Liquid waste
 9 Waste that must be removed unless sterilised or incinerated
 10 Destination of waste removed
 11 Waste generated at a field camp

Division 4 Disposal of waste by incineration

 12 When and how must waste be incinerated
 13 Prohibition on open burning of waste

Division 5 Limits on disposal of waste on land

 14 Prohibition on disposal of waste in ice-free areas or fresh water
 15 Conditional prohibition on disposal of waste on ice
 16 When may waste be disposed of on ice

Division 6 Disposal of sewage and domestic liquid waste into the sea

 17 When sewage or domestic waste may be disposed of into sea
 18 Disposal of by-product of sewage treatment

Division 7 Cleaning up

 19 Cleaning up waste disposal sites and abandoned work sites

Part 3 Compliance with waste management requirements

 20 Non-compliance with Part 2 in certain circumstances
 21 Notification of non-compliance with Part 2

Notes

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Waste Management) Regulations 1994.

2 Objects of the Regulations

  The objects of these Regulations are:
 (a) to assist in implementing Australia's obligations under Annex III to the Madrid Protocol; and
 (b) to provide for the management of waste generated in connection with activities in the Antarctic to which the Annex does not apply.

3 Interpretation

  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980.
authorised person means a person authorised by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette for the purpose of the provision in which the expression appears.
clean up, in relation to a site, means remove or dispose of waste and any structure that is on the site.
Committee means the Committee for Environmental Protection established under Article 11 of the Madrid Protocol.
generate, in relation to waste, means:
 (a) generate waste in the Antarctic; or
 (b) import into the Antarctic:
 (i) waste; or
 (ii) an article, animal, plant, bacterium, virus,