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1999 No
80
2001 No
58
2002 No
112
2003 No
82
2006 No
2
2007 No
27
2008 No
95
2011 No
63
2013 No
50
2013 No
60
2013 No
111
2014 No
33
2014 No
65
2015 No
42
2017 No
21
2017 No
22
2016 No
63
2018 No
40
2018 No
70
2018 No 70
2021 No 31
2022 No 3
2023 No 30
2024 No
10
Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991 No 60
date of commencement, Part 1, secs 15 and 18, Sch 1, item (2) of the
provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Environmental
Restoration and Rehabilitation Trust Act 1990, item (4)
(a) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Public Sector
Management Act 1988 and cl 3 of Part 2 of Sch 4 excepted,
1.3.1992, sec 2 and GG No 26 of 21.2.1992, p 1043
date of commencement of Part 1, secs 15 and 18, Sch 1, item (4) (a) of
the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Public Sector
Management Act 1988 and cl 3 of Part 2 of Sch 4,
16.12.1991, sec 2 and GG No 176 of 13.12.1991, p 10528
date of commencement of item (2) of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to
the Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Trust Act
1990, 1.7.1992, sec 2 and GG No 26 of 21.2.1992, p
1043
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992
No 34
date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991, assent, Sch 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1992 No 57
date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991, assent, Sch 1
Protection of the Environment Administration (Amendment) Act
1993 No 40
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993
No 46
date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991, 16.12.1991, Sch 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1993 No 108
date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991, assent, Sch 2
Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995
No 11
date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p
3279
Public Sector Management Amendment Act 1995 No
36
date of commencement, 13.10.1995, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1995 No 99
date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Public Sector Management Amendment Act
1995, assent, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1995 No 99
date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991, assent, sec 2 (2)
Waste Minimisation and Management Act 1995 No
102
date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 6 relating to the Protection of the Environment Administration Act
1991, 19.1.1996, sec 2 and GG No 5 of 19.1.1996, p
164
Road and Rail Transport (Dangerous Goods) Act
1997 No 113
date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 20.4.1998, sec 2 and GG No 67 of
9.4.1998, p 2491
Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 No
140
date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 1.6.1998, sec 2 and GG No 79 of
15.5.1998, p 3368
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1997 No 147
date of commencement of Sch 1.21, assent, sec 2 (2)
Protection of the Environment Operations Act
1997 No 156
date of commencement, 1.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p
9952
Environmental Trust Act 1998 No 82
date of commencement, 9.11.1998, sec 2 and GG No 155 of 30.10.1998, p
8511
Protection of the Environment Administration Amendment
(Environmental Education) Act 1998 No 167
date of commencement of Sch 1 (Sch 1 [2]–[6], so much of Sch 1 [9]
as inserts sec 28 (8) and (9) and Sch 1 [15] excepted), 14.1.1999, sec 2 (1)
and GG No 4 of 8.1.1999, p 14
date of commencement of Sch 1 [2]–[6], 1.7.1999, sec 2 (2) and GG
No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9952
so much of Sch 1 [9] as inserts sec 28 (8) and (9) and Sch 1 [15] were
not commenced and were repealed by the Statute Law
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31
Pesticides Act 1999 No 80
date of commencement of Sch 3.5 [1], 1.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 144 of
24.12.1999, p 12189
date of commencement of Sch 3.5 [2] and [3], 1.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No
144 of 24.12.1999, p 12189
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1999 No 85
date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1)
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act
1999 No 94
date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No
144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000
No 53
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1)
Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 No
58
date of commencement of Sch 3.6, 8.10.2001, sec 2 and GG No 143 of
21.9.2001, p 7867
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2002 No 112
date of commencement of Sch 2.14, 28.4.2003, Sch 2.14 and GG No 74 of
17.4.2003, p 4487
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2003 No 82
date of commencement of Sch 1.27, assent, sec 2 (2)
Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act
2006 No 2
date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p
1378
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007
No 27
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2)
Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act
2008 No 95
date of commencement, 1.5.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (122) LW
17.4.2009
Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act
2011 No 63
date of commencement of Sch 1, 29.2.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (13) LW
20.1.2012
State Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget
Measures) Act 2013 No 50
date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.7.2013, Sch 6
Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment (Illegal
Waste Disposal) Act 2013 No 60
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.10.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (553) LW
27.9.2013
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2013 No 111
date of commencement of Sch 2, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014
No 33
date of commencement of Sch 3.25, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1)
Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act
2014 No 65
date of commencement, 1.1.2015, sec 2 and 2014 (835) LW
19.12.2014
Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment
(Enforcement of Gas and Other Petroleum Legislation) Act 2015 No
42
date of commencement, 1.12.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (695) LW
20.11.2015
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No
63
date of commencement, 25.8.2017, sec 1.2 and 2017 (459) LW
25.8.2017
Protection of the Environment Legislation Miscellaneous
Amendments Act 2017 No 21
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.6.2017, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017
No 22
date of commencement of Sch 1.16, 7 days after assent, sec 2
(1)
Forestry Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No
40
date of commencement of Sch 3.10, 9.11.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (620) LW
9.11.2018
Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment)
Act 2018 No 70
date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW
30.11.2018
date of commencement of Sch 4.87, 1.7.2021, sec 2(1) and 2021 (305) LW
25.6.2021
Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021
No 31
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2(1)
Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No
3
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Radiation Control Amendment Act 2023 No
30
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2(c)
Environmental Legislation Amendment (Hazardous Chemicals)
Act 2024 No 10
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
1History
notes
Sec 3
Am 1993 No 46, Sch 2; 1995
No 36, Sch 6; 1995 No 102, Sch 6; 1997 No 113, Sch 1.5; 1997 No 140, Sch 1.5;
1997 No 147, Sch 1.21; 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [1]–[3]; 1998 No 82, Sch
2.2; 1999 No 80, Sch 3.5 [1] [2]; 2001 No 58, Sch 3.6; 2002 No 112, Sch 2.14;
2007 No 27, Sch 2.41; 2008 No 95, Sch 2.8; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2015 No
42, Sch 2.3; 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [1]; 2021 No 31, Sch 3.2[1]; 2022 No 3, Sch
4[1]–[4]; 2023 No 30, Sch 2.4, Sch 2.7[1]; 2024 No 10, Sch
2.4[1].
Sec 4
Am 1997 No 156, Sch
4.15 [4].
Sec 6
Am 1997 No 156, Sch
4.15 [6]; 2016 No 63, Sch 11.7.
Sec 7
Am 1997 No 156, Sch
4.15 [5]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.54 [1]; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.25
[1].
Sec 10
Am 1997 No 156, Sch
4.15 [7] [8]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [1]; 2017 No 21, Sch 2
[2].
Sec 12
Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2;
1995 No 11, Sch 1.
Sec 12A
Ins 1993 No 40, sec
3.
Sec 13
Am 1997 No 156, Sch
4.15 [9]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [2]. Subst 2022 No 3, Sch
4[5].
Sec 13A
Ins 1997 No 156, Sch
4.15 [10].
Part 5, Div 1A,
heading
Ins 2022 No 3, Sch
4[6].
Sec 14
Am 2011 No 63, Sch 1
[3]. Subst 2022 No 3, Sch 4[7].
Sec 14A
Ins 2022 No 3, Sch
4[7].
Sec 15
Am 1995 No 102, Sch 6;
2011 No 63, Sch 1 [4]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[8].
Sec 16
Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1
[3]; 2003 No 82, Sch 1.27; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2022 No 3, Sch
4[9].
Sec 17
Am 1997 No 156, Sch
4.15 [11]; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [4]–[6]; 1999 No 80, Sch 3.5 [3]; 2013 No
60, Sch 2; 2018 No 40, Sch 3.10 [1].
Part 5, Div 3,
heading
Am 2011 No 63, Sch 1
[7]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[10].
Sec 18
Rep 1995 No 36, Sch 6.
Ins 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.25 [2]; 2022 No 3, Sch
4[11]–[14].
Sec 18A
Ins 2011 No 63, Sch 1
[8].
Sec 19
Am 2011 No 63, Sch 1
[3]. Rep 2022 No 3, Sch 4[15].
Sec 20
Rep 2006 No 2, Sch
4.54 [2].
Sec 21
Am 1995 No 99, Sch 1;
2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[16] [17].
Part 6,
heading
Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1
[7]. Subst 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [3].
Part 6, Div
1
Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2
[4].
Sec 22
Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1
[8]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
Part 6, Div
2
Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2
[4].
Sec 23
Am 2000 No 53, Sch
2.15 [1]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 24
Am 2000 No 53, Sch
2.15 [2]; 2011 No 63, Sch [3]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 25
Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2
[4].
Part 6, Div
3
Subst 1998 No 167, Sch
1 [9]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
Secs 26,
27
Subst 1998 No 167, Sch
1 [9]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 28
Subst 1998 No 167, Sch
1 [9] (am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.36 [1]). Am 2013 No 111, Sch 2.12. Rep 2017 No 21,
Sch 2 [4].
Secs
28A–28C
Ins 1998 No 167, Sch 1
[9]. Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [4].
Part 6, Div 4,
heading
Rep 2017 No 21, Sch 2
[5].
Sec 32
Subst 1992 No 57, Sch
1.
Sec 34
Am 2018 No 70, Sch
4.87.
Sec 34A
Ins 2013 No 50, Sch 6.
Am 2014 No 65, Sch 4 [1]; 2017 No 22, Sch 1.16; 2018 No 40, Sch 3.10 [2]; 2018
No 70, Sch 3.51; Sch 3.2[2]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[18]; 2023 No 30, Sch 2.7[1];
2024 No 10, Sch 2.4[2].
Sec 35
Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1
[10]; 2000 No 53, Sch 2.15 [3] [4]; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3]; 2017 No 21, Sch 2
[6] [7]. Subst 2022 No 3, Sch 4[19].
Sec 36
Am 2011 No 63, Sch 1
[3]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[20].
Sec 40
Rep 1999 No 85, Sch
4.
Sch 1
Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2;
1995 No 102, Sch 6; 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [12]–[16]; 1999 No 94, sec 7
(2) and Sch 5, Part 2; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [3] [9]–[11]; 2014 No 33, Sch
3.25 [3] [4]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[21]–[29].
Sch 2,
heading
Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1
[11]. Subst 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [8].
Sch 2
Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2;
1993 No 108, Sch 2; 1998 No 167, Sch 1 [12]–[14] [16]; 1999 No 94, sec 7
(2) and Sch 5, Part 2; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.25 [5]; 2017 No 21, Sch 2
[9]–[17].
Sch 2A
Ins 2014 No 33, Sch
3.25 [6]. Rep 2022 No 3, Sch 4[30].
Sch 3
Rep 1999 No 85, Sch
4.
Sch 4
Am 1998 No 167, Sch 1
[17]–[19]; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [12] [13]; 2014 No 65, Sch 4 [2]; 2017 No
21, Sch 2 [18]; 2022 No 3, Sch 4[31]; 2023 No 30, Sch
2.7[2].
1991 No 60