Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel i Authorised Version No. 006 Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 Authorised Version incorporating amendments as at 16 September 2014 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provisions 1 3 Commencement 1 4 Revocation 1 5 Interpretation 1 6 Landfill levy accounts 2 6A Distribution payments made on quarterly in arrears basis 3 7 Distribution of landfill levy by 15 July 2014 3 8 Distribution of landfill levy by 1 August 2014 5 9 Distribution of landfill levy by 15 October 2014 6 10 Distribution of landfill levy by 15 January 2015 7 11 Distribution of landfill levy by 15 April 2015 8 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 10 1. General Information 10 2. Table of Amendments 11 3. Explanatory Details 12 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 1 Authorised Version No. 006 Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 Authorised Version incorporating amendments as at 16 September 2014 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to specify how landfill levies are to be distributed for the purposes of section 70(6B) of the Environment Protection Act 1970. 2 Authorising provisions These Regulations are made under sections 70 and 71 of the Environment Protection Act 1970. 3 Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 30 September 2010. 4 Revocation The Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 20021 are revoked. 5 Interpretation (1) In these Regulations, the Act means the Environment Protection Act 1970. (2) A reference in these Regulations to a quarter is a reference to the period of 3 months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October in any year. Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 2 6 Landfill levy accounts (1) Within the Environment Protection Fund, the Authority must maintain a general landfill levy account. * * * * * (2) The Authority must credit to the general landfill levy account all amounts paid into the Environment Protection Fund under section 70(3)(aba) of the Act on or after 30 September 2010. (3) The Authority must pay out of the general landfill levy account any refund the Authority is required to pay under Division 3 of Part IX of the Act (other than a refund attributable to any levy paid under section 50S(2) of the Act). Note Section 70(7) of the Act provides the authorisation of these refund payments from the Environment Protection Fund. Subregulation (3) is intended to ensure that those refunds come out of the general landfill levy account. (4) A requirement in these Regulations to pay or transfer an amount out of the general landfill levy account is to be read as requiring or authorising the payment of that amount out of the Environment Protection Fund. r. 6 Reg. 6(1) substituted by S.R. No. 45/2011 reg. 5(1). Note to reg. 6(1) revoked by S.R. No. 45/2011 reg. 5(2). Note to reg. 6(3) amended by S.R. No. 45/2011 reg. 5(3). Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 3 6A Distribution payments made on quarterly in arrears basis (1) All distribution payments made under these Regulations are made on a quarterly in arrears basis. Example The distribution made in the quarter beginning on 1 July 2011 relates to the money paid to the Authority, in accordance with section 50SB of the Act, in the quarter beginning 1 April 2011. (2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to distribution payments made in accordance with regulations 7(2), 8 and 9(1)(b). 7 Distribution of landfill levy by 15 July 2014 (1) Subject to subregulation (2), the Authority must distribute money standing to the credit of the general landfill levy account as at the end of the quarter ending 30 June 2014 in the following way— (a) it must pay the Metropolitan Waste Management Group one quarter of $3 904 206; (b) it must pay a regional waste management group specified in column 1 of the Table following this subregulation, one quarter of the amount specified in column 2 of the Table opposite the name of the group; (c) it must pay Sustainability Victoria one quarter of $17 743 739; Reg. 6A inserted by S.R. No. 45/2011 reg. 6, amended by S.R. No. 92/2014 reg. 5 (ILA s. 39B(2)). r. 6A Reg. 6A(2) inserted by S.R. No. 92/2014 reg. 5. Reg. 7 amended by S.R. No. 45/2011 reg. 5(4), revoked by S.R. No. 52/2012 reg. 5, new reg. 7 inserted by S.R. No. 92/2014 reg. 6. Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 4 (d) it must pay itself one quarter of $29 494 324. Table Column 1 Column 2 Barwon $349 142 Calder $302 473 Central Murray $284 523 Goulburn Valley $339 908 Grampians $284 523 Greater Gippsland $441 416 Highlands $339 566 Mildura $222 425 Mornington Peninsula $234 998 North Eastern $326 948 South Western $302 473 Wimmera Mallee $231 502 (2) The Authority must distribute money standing to the credit of the general landfill levy account as at the end of the quarter ending 30 June 2014 by paying a regional waste management group specified in column 1 of the Table following this subregulation, one twelfth of the amount specified in column 2 of the Table opposite the name of the group. Table Column 1 Column 2 Barwon $357 856 Calder $310 022 Central Murray $291 624 Grampians $291 624 Greater Gippsland $452 433 Goulburn Valley $348 391 Highlands $348 041 r. 7 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 5 Column 1 Column 2 Mildura $227 976 Mornington Peninsula $240 863 North Eastern $335 108 South Western $310 022 Wimmera Mallee $237 280 (3) After making all the distributions required by subregulations (1) and (2) the Authority must transfer any remaining money standing to the credit of the general landfill levy account into the Sustainability Fund Account. (4) The Authority must make all distributions required under this regulation by 15 July 2014. 8 Distribution of landfill levy by 1 August 2014 (1) The Authority must distribute money standing to the credit of the general landfill levy account as at 31 July 2014 by paying a Waste and Resource Recovery Group specified in column 1 of the Table following this subregulation, one twelfth of the amount specified in column 2 of the Table opposite the name of the group. Table Column 1 Column 2 Barwon South West $612 221 Gippsland $414 730 Goulburn Valley $319 359 Grampians Central West $803 866 Loddon Mallee $760 487 North East $307 182 (2) The Authority must make all distributions required under this regulation by 1 August 2014. Reg. 8 substituted by S.R. No. 45/2011 reg. 7, revoked by S.R. No. 52/2012 reg. 5, new reg. 8 inserted by S.R. No. 92/2014 reg. 6. r. 8 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 6 9 Distribution of landfill levy by 15 October 2014 (1) The Authority must distribute money standing to the credit of the general landfill levy account as at the end of the quarter ending 30 September 2014 in the following way— (a) it must pay the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group one quarter of $4 222 551; (b) it must pay a Waste and Resource Recovery Group specified in column 1 of the Table following this subregulation, one sixth of the amount specified in column 2 of the Table opposite the name of the group; (c) it must pay Sustainability Victoria one quarter of $18 138 945; (d) it must pay itself one quarter of $26 635 914; (e) it must transfer any remaining amount into the Sustainability Fund Account. Table Column 1 Column 2 Barwon South West $612 221 Gippsland $414 730 Goulburn Valley $319 359 Grampians Central West $803 866 Loddon Mallee $760 487 North East $307 182 (2) The Authority must make all distributions required under this regulation by 15 October 2014. Reg. 9 inserted by S.R. No. 45/2011 reg. 7, revoked by S.R. No. 63/2013 reg. 5, new reg. 9 inserted by S.R. No. 92/2014 reg. 6. Reg. 9(1)(b) amended by S.R. No. 124/2014 reg. 3. r. 9 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 7 * * * * * * * * * * 10 Distribution of landfill levy by 15 January 2015 (1) The Authority must distribute money standing to the credit of the general landfill levy account as at the end of the quarter ending 31 December 2014 in the following way— (a) it must pay a Waste and Resource Recovery Group specified in column 1 of the Table following this subregulation, one quarter of the amount specified in column 2 of the Table opposite the name of the group; (b) it must pay Sustainability Victoria one quarter of $18 138 945; (c) it must pay itself one quarter of $26 635 914; (d) it must transfer any remaining amount into the Sustainability Fund Account. Table Column 1 Column 2 Barwon South West $612 221 Gippsland $414 730 Goulburn Valley $319 359 Grampians Central West $803 866 Reg. 9A inserted by S.R. No. 52/2012 reg. 6, amended by S.R. No. 63/2013 reg. 6, revoked by S.R. No. 92/2014 reg. 6. Reg. 9B inserted by S.R. No. 63/2013 reg. 7, revoked by S.R. No. 92/2014 reg. 6. Reg. 10 inserted by S.R. No. 45/2011 reg. 7, substituted by S.R. Nos 52/2012 reg. 7, 63/2013 reg. 8, 92/2014 reg. 6. r. 10 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 8 Column 1 Column 2 Loddon Mallee $760 487 Metropolitan $4 222 551 North East $307 182 (2) The Authority must make all distributions required under this regulation by 15 January 2015. 11 Distribution of landfill levy by 15 April 2015 (1) The Authority must distribute money standing to the credit of the general landfill levy account as at the end of the quarter ending 31 March 2015 in the following way— (a) it must pay a Waste and Resource Recovery Group specified in column 1 of the Table following this subregulation, one half of the amount specified in column 2 of the Table opposite the name of the group; (b) it must pay Sustainability Victoria one half of $18 138 945; (c) it must pay itself one half of $26 635 914; (d) it must transfer any remaining amount into the Sustainability Fund Account. Table Column 1 Column 2 Barwon South West $612 221 Gippsland $414 730 Goulburn Valley $319 359 Grampians Central West $803 866 Loddon Mallee $760 487 Metropolitan $4 222 551 North East $307 182 Reg. 11 inserted by S.R. No. 92/2014 reg. 6. r. 11 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 9 (2) The Authority must make all distributions required under this regulation by 15 April 2015. ═══════════════ r. 11 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 10 ENDNOTES 1. General Information The Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010, S.R. No. 98/2010 were made on 28 September 2010 by the Governor in Council under sections 70 and 71 of the Environment Protection Act 1970, No. 8056/1970 and came into operation on 30 September 2010: regulation 3. The Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 28 September 2020 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994). Endnotes Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 11 2. Table of Amendments This Version incorporates amendments made to the Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Amendment Regulations 2011, S.R. No. 45/2011 Date of Making: 28.6.11 Date of Commencement: 1.7.11: reg. 3 Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Amendment Regulations 2012, S.R. No. 52/2012 Date of Making: 18.6.12 Date of Commencement: 1.8.12: reg. 3 Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Amendment Regulations 2013, S.R. No. 63/2013 Date of Making: 18.6.13 Date of Commencement: 1.8.13: reg. 3 Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Amendment Regulations 2014, S.R. No. 92/2014 Date of Making: 1.7.14 Date of Commencement: Regs 5, 6 on 1.7.14: reg. 3 Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Further Amendment Regulations 2014, S.R. No. 124/2014 Date of Making: 16.9.14 Date of Commencement: 16.9.14 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Endnotes Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 98/2010 12 3. Explanatory Details 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 131/2002. Endnotes