1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Purpose of this Act

4 Act binds the Crown

5 Interpretation

6 Meaning of disposal

7 Meaning of disposal facility

8 Purpose of Part

9 Declaration of priority products

10 Product stewardship schemes required for priority products

11 Voluntary product stewardship schemes

12 Ministerial guidelines for product stewardship schemes for priority products

13 Application for accreditation

14 Requirements for accreditation

15 Accreditation

16 Variation of accredited scheme

17 Expiry of accreditation

18 Revocation of accreditation

19 Accredited scheme subject to other laws

20 Monitoring of accredited schemes

21 Monitoring costs recoverable as debt if unpaid

22 Regulations in relation to priority products and accredited schemes

23 Regulations in relation to products (whether or not priority products), materials, and waste

24 New Zealand Customs Service to provide information about priority products

25 Purpose of Part

26 Levy imposed on waste disposed of at disposal facility

27 Rate of levy

28 Operator of disposal facility must pay levy to levy collector

29 Waiver of levy payment

30 Secretary must distribute and spend levy money

31 Territorial authorities to receive share

32 Spending of levy money by territorial authorities

33 Secretary must retain levy money instead of paying territorial authority in certain situations

34 Estimation of amount of levy payable

35 Interest on unpaid levy

36 Unpaid levy is debt

37 Minister may direct Secretary to retain payment to territorial authority

38 Minister may approve funding of projects to promote or achieve waste minimisation

39 Minister must review effectiveness of levy

40 Minister may appoint levy collector

41 Regulations in relation to waste disposal levy and related matters

42 Territorial authorities to encourage effective and efficient waste management and minimisation

43 Waste management and minimisation plans

44 Requirements when preparing, amending, or revoking plans

45 Joint plans

46 Funding of plans

47 Grants

48 Governor-General may give directions to territorial authority

49 Minister may set performance standards for territorial authorities

50 Review of waste management and minimisation plan

51 Requirements for waste assessment

52 Waste management and minimisation services, facilities, and activities

53 Proceeds from activities and services must be used in implementing waste management and minimisation plan

54 Waste must be collected promptly, efficiently, and regularly

55 Health Protection Officer may serve notice on territorial authority for causing nuisance

56 Bylaws

57 Crown bound by bylaws

58 Review of bylaws

59 Regulations in relation to bylaws

60 Relationship of this Part with Local Government Act 2002

61 Consequential repeal of Part 31 of Local Government Act 1974

62 Sanitary services

63 Waste management plans

64 Bylaws made under Local Government Act 1974

65 Offences

66 Offences against bylaws

67 Additional penalty for contravention involving commercial gain

68 Strict liability

69 Defences

70 Liability of principals for acts of agents

71 Time for laying informations

72 Injunctions restraining commission of offence under section 65(2)

73 Proceedings for infringement offences

74 Issue and service of infringement notices

75 Entitlement to infringement fees

76 Enforcement officers

77 Exercise of powers

78 Power to require certain information

79 Power to inspect property and obtain information

80 Consent or warrant required to inspect dwellinghouse or marae

81 Seizure of property not on private land

82 Seizure of property from private land

83 Conditions for exercise of warrant to seize property on private land

84 Return of property seized and impounded

85 Power to dispose of property seized and impounded

86 Regulations in relation to records, information, and reports

87 Secretary may require audit

88 Audit in respect of certain matters relating to facility or person

89 Establishment of Waste Advisory Board

90 Function of Board

91 Terms of reference

92 Minister to appoint members to Board

93 How members appointed

94 Term of office of members

95 Removal of members

96 No compensation for loss of office

97 Fees and expenses of members

98 Proceedings of Board

99 Nominations before commencement of this Part must be treated as complying with section 93