Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1987

Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1987

I, the Lieutenant-Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following regulations under the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1987 .

G. S. M. GREEN

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

PETER HODGMAN

Minister for the Environment

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Regulations 1987 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations shall take effect on 1 October 1987.

3.   Interpretation

In these regulations,

the Act means the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1987 .

4.   Prescribed information for the purposes of section 10(d) of Act

For the purposes of section 10(d) of the Act, the prescribed information in relation to a report of a dumping is the following:

(a) the name and address of the person furnishing the report;

(b) the date of the dumping and the time of day expressed by reference to Greenwich Mean Time at which the dumping took place;

(c) the depth of water at the dumping site and the co-ordinates of the dumping site specified in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude ascertained with such accuracy as is practicable in the circumstances of the particular case;

(d) the name (if any) and the registration or other identifying mark or marking of the vessel, aircraft, or platform from which the dumping took place;

(e) the name of the person in charge of the vessel, aircraft, or platform from which the dumping took place;

(f) a description of the method employed in carrying out the dumping;

(g) the reason for the dumping;

(h) where wastes or other matter (not being a vessel, aircraft, or platform) were, or was, dumped –

(i) the general description;

(ii) the chemical composition;

(iii) the form;

(iv) the volume or mass; and

(v) the method of packaging or containment (if any) –

of the wastes or other matter dumped ascertained with such accuracy as is practicable in the circumstances of the particular case;

(i) where a vessel, aircraft, or platform was dumped –

(i) whether the thing dumped was a vessel, an aircraft, or a platform;

(ii) the name (if any) and the registration or other identifying mark or marking of the vessel, aircraft, or platform dumped;

(iii) the dimensions, including the mass, of the vessel, aircraft, or platform dumped ascertained with such accuracy as is practicable in the circumstances of the particular case;

(iv) the method of packaging or containment (if any) of the vessel, aircraft, or platform dumped.

5.   Fees

For the purposes of section 35(1) of the Act, the fee payable in respect of an application for a permit under the Act is as follows:[Regulation 5 Amended by S.R. 1989, No. 158, Applied:30 Oct 1989] [Regulation 5 Amended by S.R. 1989, No. 158, Applied:30 Oct 1989] [Regulation 5 Amended by S.R. 1990, No. 173, Applied:12 Sep 1990]

		$
(a)	application for a general permit	2 890
(b)	application for a special permit	5 570

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 23 September 1987

These regulations are administered in the Department of the Environment.