Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021

 

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

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

4.Repeal2

Notes

Compilation table3

Other notes3

 

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021

1.Citation

These regulations are the Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021.

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 July 2022.

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

(1)The Environmental Protection (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2018 Parts 2 and 3 are declared to be a law to which section 15 of the Commonwealth Act applies.

(2)Subregulation (1) applies to the Environmental Protection (Prohibited Plastics and Balloons) Regulations 2018 Parts 2 and 3 only to the extent that those provisions relate to items that 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.

[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2023/9 r. 4.]

4.Repeal

These regulations are repealed on 1 July 2023.

 

Notes

This is a compilation of the Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Citation

Published

Commencement

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2021 1

SL 2021/211 17 Dec 2021

r. 1 and 2: 17 Dec 2021 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2:

1 Jul 2022 (see r. 2(b))

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) (Temporary Exemption) Amendment Regulations 2023

SL 2023/9 24 Feb 2023

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

Other notes

1These regulations are repealed on 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 4).