Bill
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-06-30. Agriculture, Water and the Environment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-03-18
- second reading — 2021-03-18
- second reading — 2021-06-24
- second reading — 2021-06-24
- third reading — 2021-06-24
- introduced — 2021-06-24
- second reading — 2021-06-24
- third reading — 2021-06-24
- passed — 2021-06-24
- royal assent — 2021-06-30
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-03-18.
This bill would update Australia's rules on shipping hazardous waste abroad and into the country.
It would adopt standard enforcement powers from another Commonwealth law and create new offences and penalties for breaking the rules.
The bill would abolish a technical advisory group and instead require the minister to seek advice from suitable experts.
- Meet Australia's international duties on plastic waste under the Basel Convention.
- Adopt standard regulatory powers from the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.
- Introduce new strict liability offences, civil penalties, and aggravated offences for harming people or the environment.
- Allow information sharing between Commonwealth, state, and territory governments.
- Impose recordkeeping, information-gathering, and audit requirements.
- Replace the Hazardous Waste Technical Group with a duty to consult appropriate experts.
Companies and individuals who export, import, or transit hazardous waste, and Commonwealth, state, and territory government agencies.
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