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2009/144

Waste Minimisation (Calculation and Payment of Waste Disposal Levy) Regulations 2009

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 18th day of May 2009

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to sections 41 and 86 of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, and on the recommendation of the Minister for the Environment given in accordance with those sections, makes the following regulations.

Contents

3 Interpretation

Operator of disposal facility pays levy

4 Operator of disposal facility must pay levy on waste disposed of at facility

Operator provides returns

6 Operator of disposal facility (other than approved facility) must provide monthly returns

7 Operator of approved facility must provide annual return

8 Return must include declaration

9 Request for approval to provide annual return

10 Request for extension of time to provide monthly return

Operator measures gross tonnage and diverted tonnage

11 Gross tonnage and diverted tonnage must be measured

12 Gross tonnage measured by weight, volume conversion, or average tonnage

13 Diverted tonnage measured by weight or volume conversion

14 Conversion of volume to weight

15 Request for approval of average tonnage system

Calculation of net tonnage

16 Calculation of net tonnage

Levy payable for disposal facilities (other than approved facilities)

17 Provisions that apply to disposal facilities (other than approved facilities)

18 Calculation of levy payable each month

19 Levy collector must determine if levy to be estimated

20 Estimation of amount of levy payable

21 Levy collector must provide invoice to operator

Levy payable for approved facilities

22 Provisions that apply to approved facilities

23 Calculation of levy payable each month

24 Levy collector must provide invoice to operator

25 Levy collector must determine if levy to be estimated

26 Estimation of amount of levy payable

27 Levy collector must reconcile levy payable

Payment of levy by all disposal facilities

28 Payment of invoices for levy

29 Correction of levy payable

30 Request for extension of time to pay levy

31 Interest on unpaid levy

32 Method of paying levy

33 Request for refund of levy money

Records and information for all disposal facilities

34 Operator must keep records

35 Operator must provide records and information

36 Notice of date on which to cease being operator

37 Records must be retained for 7 years

Secretary pays levy money to territorial authorities

38 Secretary must pay share of levy money to territorial authorities each quarter

General provisions

39 Due day on non-working day

40 Requirement for writing may be met electronically

Schedule
Conversion factors for volume-to-weight calculations

Explanatory note

Administrative information

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