Bill
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Levy Bill 2016
passed, as at 2017-02-22. Environment and Energy portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Environment and Energy
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-11-24
- second reading — 2016-11-24
- second reading — 2017-02-07
- second reading — 2017-02-07
- third reading — 2017-02-07
- introduced — 2017-02-08
- second reading — 2017-02-08
- second reading — 2017-02-09
- second reading — 2017-02-09
- third reading — 2017-02-09
- passed — 2017-02-09
- royal assent — 2017-02-22
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-11-24.
This bill is part of a package that would introduce a levy on hazardous waste import, export and transit permit applications.
The package would amend the existing Act to fully recover the costs of running the permit scheme, with the levy covering costs that cannot be linked to individual applicants.
The amendment bill would also allow the Department to publish permit applications and decisions on its website instead of in the Commonwealth Gazette.
- Introduces a levy on permit applications for import, export and transit of hazardous waste.
- Allows full cost recovery of the permit scheme, including costs not linked to individual applicants.
- Streamlines administrative processes by permitting online publication of permit applications and decisions.
Applicants for hazardous waste import, export and transit permits, and the Department of the Environment and Energy.
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