Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Infringement Notices) Regulations 1996

Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Infringement Notices) Regulations 1996

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 .

27 May 1996

G.S.M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

PETER HODGMAN

Minister for Environment and Land Management

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Infringement Notices) Regulations 1996 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Interpretation

[Regulation 3 Substituted by S.R. 2001, No. 110, Applied:03 Oct 2001] In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears,

Act means the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 .

4.   Withdrawal notice

For the purposes of section 68(3) of the Act, a withdrawal notice is to be in accordance with Form 1 in Schedule 1 .

5.   Prescribed offences

[Regulation 5 Substituted by S.R. 2001, No. 110, Applied:03 Oct 2001]

(1)  For the purposes of section 72 of the Act –

(a) an offence under a provision of an Act or regulations set out in Schedule 2 is a prescribed offence; and

(b) an offence under section 53(2) of the Act constituted by conduct specified in Division 2 of Part 1 of that Schedule is a prescribed offence.

(2)  The penalty specified in Schedule 2 in relation to an offence is the penalty applicable to that offence if the person accepts an infringement notice in relation to it.

6.   

See Schedule 3 .

SCHEDULE 1 - Forms

Regulation 4

Form 1

SCHEDULE 2 - Prescribed offences

[Schedule 2 Substituted by S.R. 2001, No. 110, Applied:03 Oct 2001]

Regulation 5

PART 1 - Acts

[Part 1 of Schedule 2 Substituted by S.R. 2001, No. 110, Applied:03 Oct 2001]

Division 1 - Offences specified in Acts

[Division 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 Substituted by S.R. 2001, No. 110, Applied:03 Oct 2001]

1.    Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994

Section	Penalty (penalty units)
32(1)	5
32(2)	10
45(1)	2
45(3)	5
76	2
77(1)	5
78	2
79	2
80	2
81(d)	2
81A(2)	2
81B(1)	2
94(2)	2
95(1)(a)	2
95(1)(b)	2
95(1)(c)	2
95(1)(d)	2

2.    Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993

Section	Penalty (penalty units)
63(2)(c)	5

Division 2 - Offences under section 53(2) of the Act constituted by specified conduct

[Division 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 Substituted by S.R. 2001, No. 110, Applied:03 Oct 2001] [Division 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 Substituted by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:03 Oct 2001] [Division 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 Amended by S.R. 2001, No. 125, Applied:01 Nov 2001]

PART 2 - Regulations

[Part 2 of Schedule 2 Substituted by S.R. 2001, No. 110, Applied:03 Oct 2001]

1.   [Part 2 of Schedule 2 Amended by S.R. 2004, No. 51, Applied:21 Jul 2004] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

2.    Environment Protection (Domestic Solid Fuel Burning Appliances) Regulations 1993

Regulation	Penalty (penalty units)
4(1)	5
5(1)	5
12(1)	5
12(2)	5
17	5

3.   [Part 2 of Schedule 2 Amended by S.R. 2001, No. 125, Applied:01 Nov 2001] [Part 2 of Schedule 2 Amended by S.R. 2004, No. 51, Applied:21 Jul 2004] Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Miscellaneous Noise) Regulations 2004

Regulation	Penalty (penalty units)
5(1)	2
6	2
7	2
8(1)	2
9	2
10(1)	2
10(2)	2
11(1)	2
12	2
13(1)	2
14(1)	2
15	2
17(3)	2
17(4)	2
18(1)	2
20(5)	2

4.   [Part 2 of Schedule 2 Amended by S.R. 2004, No. 51, Applied:21 Jul 2004] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

5.    Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2000

Regulation	Penalty (penalty units)
6(1)	5
6(2)	2
6(3)	2
7(1)	5
7(3)	2
7(5)	5
8(1)	5
8(2)	5
10(1)	5
11(1)	5
11(3)	5
11(4)	2

SCHEDULE 3 - Consequential Amendments

The amendments effected by Regulation 6 and this Schedule have been incorporated into authorised versions of the following Statutory Rules:

(a) Environment Protection (Atmospheric Pollution) Regulations 1974 ;

(b) Environment Protection (Domestic Solid Fuel Burning Appliances) Regulations 1993 ;

(c) Environment Protection (Noise) Regulations 1977 ;

(d) Environment Protection (Prohibited Fuels) Regulations 1991 ;

(e) Environment Protection (Waste Disposal) Regulations 1974 ;

(f) Environment Protection (Water Pollution) Regulations 1974 .

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

Notified in the Gazette on 5 June 1996

These regulations are administered in the Department of Environment and Land Management.