Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023

 

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Temporary exemption: law relating to prohibited plastics (s. 5)1

4.Repeal2

Notes

Compilation table3

Other notes3

 

Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007

Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023

1.Citation

These regulations are the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on 1 September 2023.

3.Temporary exemption: law relating to prohibited plastics (s. 5)

For the purposes of section 46 of the Commonwealth Act, the following provisions of the Environmental Protection (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2018 are declared to be exempt from the operation of the Commonwealth Act —

(a)Parts 2 and 3, but only to the extent that those provisions relate to items that do not fall within the meaning of “prescribed drinking straw”, “prescribed plastic bag” or “prescribed plastic item”, as those terms were defined in those regulations as in force on 28 February 2023;

(b)Parts 3A to 3C.

4.Repeal

These regulations are repealed on 1 September 2024 1.

 

Notes

This is a compilation of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Citation

Published

Commencement

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2023

SL 2023/10 24 Feb 2023

r. 1 and 2: 24 Feb 2023 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Sep 2023 (see r. 2(b))

Other notes

1These regulations are repealed on 1 September 2024 (see r. 4).