Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00491:reg:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00491
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5
Character Range: 3758–5148

5  Waste paper and cardboard is regulated waste material
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 17(1) of the Act, waste paper and cardboard, other than the kinds of waste paper and cardboard referred to in subsection (3) of this section, is prescribed.
Note: Waste paper and cardboard that is prescribed under this section is regulated waste paper and cardboard.
 (2) Waste paper and cardboard means:
 (a) mixed or unsorted paper and cardboard that is discarded, rejected or left‑over from an industrial, commercial, domestic or other activity; or
 (b) mixed or unsorted paper and cardboard that is surplus to, or a by‑product of, an industrial, commercial, domestic or other activity.
 (3) The following kinds of waste paper and cardboard are not prescribed for the purposes of subsection 17(1) of the Act:
 (a) waste paper and cardboard that is exported for personal or domestic use;
 (b) waste paper and cardboard that is imported into Australia on a temporary basis and is re‑exported in the same covering and with the same trade description (within the meaning of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905) with which it was imported;
 (c) waste paper and cardboard that is hazardous waste (within the meaning of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989);
 (d) pulp of fibres that have been derived from waste paper and cardboard;
 (e) sorted liquid paperboard.