Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00625:reg:19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00625
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 19
Character Range: 25290–27141

19  Matters to which the Minister must have regard in deciding whether the Minister is satisfied it is appropriate to grant the exemption
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 26(2) of the Act, this section prescribes matters to which the Minister must have regard in deciding whether the Minister is satisfied that it is appropriate to grant an exemption under Part 3 of the Act in relation to the export of a trade sample of regulated waste plastic.

General matters
 (2) The Minister must have regard to the following matters:
 (a) whether the applicant is capable of complying with the nominated specification;
 (b) whether the plastic will be processed to comply, prior to export, with the specification;
 (c) whether the specification is appropriate for the intended use of the plastic in the place to which the plastic is intended to be exported.

Matters for trade samples other than of processed engineered fuel
 (3) If the application for the exemption relates to regulated waste plastic other than processed engineered fuel, and the nominated specification is not a listed waste plastic specification, the Minister must also have regard to the matters set out in subsection 8(2).

Matters for trade samples of regulated processed engineered fuel
 (4) If the application for the exemption relates to regulated processed engineered fuel, and the nominated specification is not a listed waste plastic specification, the Minister must also have regard to the following matters:
 (a) any calorific value requirements in the specification;
 (b) the thresholds for contaminants in the specification;
 (c) any packaging requirements in the specification;
 (d) any particle size or bulk density requirements in the specification;
 (e) the thresholds for moisture in the specification;
 (f) any testing and sampling requirements in the specification.