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i Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 S.R. No. 119/2001 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provision 1 3. Commencement 1 4. Revocation 2 5. Definitions 2 6. Value of fee unit 2 PART 2—WORKS APPROVAL 3 7. Fee for works approval application 3 8. Fee for application to transfer works approval 4 PART 3—LICENCES 5 9. Fee for licence 5 10. Fee for licence to decant ozone-depleting substances 6 11. Fee for licence for premises licensed to receive waste 6 12. Fee for an application to amend a licence 6 13. Fee for an application to transfer a licence 7 14. Fee reduction for accredited licensee 7 15. Authority may enter into fee reduction agreement 7 PART 4—PERMITS 8 16. Fee for permit to transport prescribed waste 8 17. Fee for temporary permit to transport prescribed waste 8 18. Fee for application to transfer or amend a permit 8 19. Maximum fee for septic tank permits 8 PART 5—ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT 9 20. Fee for environmental audits 9 -- 1 of 26 -- Regulation Page ii PART 6—SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATIONS 10 21. Fee for application for exemption from regulation 10 PART 7—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 11 22. Transitional arrangements for existing licence holders 11 23. Transitional arrangements following classification of class 3 indicators 11 __________________ SCHEDULES 12 SCHEDULE 1—Regulations revoked 12 SCHEDULE 2—Base fee information 13 SCHEDULE 3—Component fee information 19 SCHEDULE 4—Additional information for fees for prescribed waste transport permits 22 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 24 -- 2 of 26 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2001 S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection Act 1970 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Environment Protection Authority, makes the following Regulations: Dated: 30 October 2001 Responsible Minister: SHERRYL GARBUTT Minister for Environment and Conservation HELEN DOYE Clerk of the Executive Council PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is to set the fees that are payable under the Environment Protection Act 1970. 2. Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 71 of the Environment Protection Act 1970. 3. Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 6 November 2001. -- 3 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 2 4. Revocation The Regulations set out in Schedule 1 are revoked. 5. Definitions In these Regulations— "annual load" means the annual tonnes per year that may be specified in a licence for the purposes of calculating a fee in accordance with these Regulations; "class 1 indicator" means a class 1 indicator as classified in State environment protection policy (Air Quality Management) as in force from time to time; "class 2 indicator" means a class 2 indicator as classified in State environment protection policy (Air Quality Management) as in force from time to time; "class 3 indicator" means a class 3 indicator as classified in State environment protection policy (Air Quality Management) as in force from time to time; "the Act" means the Environment Protection Act 1970. 6. Value of fee unit For the purposes of the Act and these Regulations, the monetary value of a fee unit is $10.00. _______________ r. 4 -- 4 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 3 PART 2—WORKS APPROVAL 7. Fee for works approval application (1) In this regulation and in the Table— "assessed by an environmental auditor" means an environmental auditor has stated, in writing, that a works approval application contains adequate information of suitable quality to assess whether the application meets the Authority's requirements as set out in guidelines published by the Authority from time to time and that those requirements would be complied with should the works proceed; "cost" means the amount needed to carry out the works to which a works approval application relates other than any amount needed to buy land associated with the works and any amount needed to construct or modify any building which will not or does not contribute substantially to the control of pollution or to the production capacity of the plant. (2) The prescribed fee payable with respect to an application under section 19B of the Act for a works approval is the relevant fee set out in column 2 of the Table. (3) If a works approval application has been assessed by an environmental auditor, the relevant fee set out in column 2 of the Table must be reduced by 25%. r. 7 -- 5 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 4 TABLE WORKS APPROVAL Estimated cost by the Authority of the proposed works (Column 1) Fee in Fee Units (Column 2) Less than $10 000 60 $10 000 or greater, but less than $50 000 120 $50 000 or greater, but less than $250 000 250 $250 000 or greater, but less than $1 million 420 $1 million or greater, but less than $5 million 700 $5 million or greater, but less than $25 million 1400 $25 million or greater, but less than $100 million 2100 $100 million or greater 4500 8. Fee for application to transfer works approval The prescribed fee for an application to transfer a works approval is 35 fee units. _______________ r. 8 -- 6 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 5 PART 3—LICENCES 9. Fee for licence (1) Subject to any applicable limit set out in section 24 of the Act, the prescribed annual fee payable with respect to a licence under section 20 of the Act is the sum of— (a) the highest of any applicable base fee relating to an activity specified in the Table in Schedule 2; and (b) all applicable component fees specified in Tables 1 and 2 in Schedule 3. (2) The Authority may approve an emission estimation technique for calculating an annual load for the purpose of these Regulations. (3) If an annual load is not specified in a licence, the relevant licence fee under these Regulations must be calculated— (a) for discharges to the atmosphere, by reference to the maximum amount of waste discharged in grams per minute concentration converted to tonnes per year; (b) for discharges to water and land, by reference to— (i) the median amount of waste specified in the licence that may be discharged, or; (ii) if a median amount is not specified, the maximum amount of waste specified in the licence— in milligrams per litre multiplied by the annual mean flow or annual stormwater flow. r. 9 -- 7 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 6 10. Fee for licence to decant ozone-depleting substances In addition to any applicable fees in regulation 9, the annual fee for a licence to decant ozone- depleting substances is 50 fee units. 11. Fee for licence for premises licensed to receive waste (1) In addition to any applicable fees in regulation 9, the annual fee for a licence for premises licensed to receive solid inert waste and putrescible waste is 0·02 fee units for each tonne of waste received by the premises in a year. (2) In addition to any applicable fees in regulation 9, the annual fee for a licence for the storage, treatment, reprocessing or disposal of any prescribed industrial waste is 0·2 fee units for each tonne of prescribed industrial waste received by the premises in a year. (3) Subject to sub-regulation (4), if prescribed industrial waste at a premises under sub- regulation (2) was processed in the preceding year into material for re-use, the annual fee must be reduced by an amount derived from the formula— waste processed for re-use Fee under sub-regulation (2) X waste handled at the premises (4) The annual fee calculated under sub-regulation (3) must be at least 50% of the fee calculated under sub-regulation (2), or 65 fee units, whichever is the greater. 12. Fee for an application to amend a licence (1) The fee payable for an application to amend a licence is the lower of— (a) 10% of the annual licence fee; or (b) 85 fee units. r. 10 -- 8 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 7 (2) Despite sub-regulation (1), if the application relates to works for which a works approval application fee has been paid, no fee is payable. 13. Fee for an application to transfer a licence The fee payable for an application to transfer a licence is the lower of— (a) 10% of the annual licence fee; or (b) 35 fee units. 14. Fee reduction for accredited licensee An accredited licensee under the Act is entitled to a 25% reduction of the annual licence fee otherwise payable under these Regulations. 15. Authority may enter into fee reduction agreement (1) If the Authority classifies a class 3 indicator, where it was not previously classified as such, a licensee may apply to the Authority to enter into a fee reduction agreement. (2) A fee reduction agreement may impose conditions. _______________ r. 13 -- 9 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 8 PART 4—PERMITS 16. Fee for permit to transport prescribed waste Subject to the limit set out in section 53G(3) of the Act, for the purposes of section 53G of the Act, the annual fee payable for a permit to transport prescribed waste is the sum of all applicable vehicle fees as set out in Schedule 4. 17. Fee for temporary permit to transport prescribed waste The fee payable for a permit to transport prescribed waste for a period not exceeding one month is the higher of— (a) 25% of the fee payable under regulation 16; or (b) 10 fee units. 18. Fee for application to transfer or amend a permit Subject to the limit set out in section 53G(2) of the Act, the fee payable for an application to transfer or amend a permit to transport prescribed waste is the higher of— (a) 10% of the fee payable under regulation 16; or (b) 5 fee units. 19. Maximum fee for septic tank permits For the purposes of section 53M(2)(b) of the Act, a maximum fee of 45 fee units is prescribed. _______________ r. 16 -- 10 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 9 PART 5—ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT 20. Fee for environmental audits For the purposes of section 53T(3) of the Act, where the geographical area in respect of an environmental audit for which a certificate of environmental audit or statement of environmental audit is issued is— (a) less than 0·05 hectares, the prescribed fee is 35 fee units; (b) 0·05 hectares or greater but less than 0·1 hectares, the prescribed fee is 75 fee units; (c) 0·1 hectares or greater but less than 1 hectare, the prescribed fee is 125 fee units; (d) 1 hectare or greater but less than 5 hectares, the prescribed fee is 200 fee units; (e) 5 hectares or greater, the prescribed fee is 350 fee units. _______________ r. 20 -- 11 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 10 PART 6—SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATIONS 21. Fee for application for exemption from regulation The prescribed fee for an application for an exemption under the Environment Protection (Prescribed Waste) Regulations 1998 1 is 30 fee units. _______________ r. 21 -- 12 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 11 PART 7—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 22. Transitional arrangements for existing licence holders Despite anything to the contrary in these Regulations, if during the period commencing 6 November 2001 and ending 30 June 2002 an existing licence holder becomes liable for an annual fee for the licence, the amount of the annual fee for the licence, must be calculated in accordance with the Regulations listed in Schedule 1, as in force immediately before the commencement of these Regulations. 23. Transitional arrangements following classification of class 3 indicators Despite anything to the contrary in these Regulations, if subsequent to the classification of a new class 3 indicator by the Authority a licence holder becomes liable to pay an increased fee for the licence as a result of the new class 3 indicator, the increased fee need not be paid until the expiration of 2 years from the date of publication in the Government Gazette of the State environment protection policy that classifies the new class 3 indicator. __________________ r. 22 -- 13 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 12 SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 4 REGULATIONS REVOKED S.R. No. Title 228/1991 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 1991 239/1992 Environment Protection (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 307/1992 Environment Protection (Fees) (Further Amendment) Regulations 1992 206/1993 Environment Protection (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 172/1994 Environment Protection (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 ————————— Sch. 1 -- 14 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 13 SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 9 BASE FEE INFORMATION For the purposes of regulation 9 and the Table— "animal unit" means 1 head of cattle or 5 pigs or 5 of any other kind of mammal. TABLE Activity Fee in Fee Units Waste treatment works engaged in the treatment of waste 50 Premises on or from which sewage (including sullage) effluent is discharged or deposited, exceeding a design flow rate of— up to 5000 litres per day or more but less than 100 000 litres per day 0·1 megalitres per day or more but less than 5 megalitres per day 5 megalitres per day or more but less than 50 megalitres per day 50 megalitres per day or more 50 (or 25 where disposal to land only) 625 (or 312 where disposal to land only) 1250 (or 625 where disposal to land only) 2500 (or 1250 where disposal to land only) Land disposal facilities for the disposal of nightsoil, septic tank sludge or sewage treatment plant sludge 25 Intensive animal industry, being premises upon which are situated piggeries or cattle feedlots and the like, where more than 5000 animals are confined for the purposes of agricultural production. 50 Livestock sale yards or holding pens which are designed to have a throughput of at least 10 000 50 Sch. 2 -- 15 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 14 Activity Fee in Fee Units animal units per year Fish farms or other facilities for the cultivation of edible aquatic organisms with a design water flow rate of 0·2 or more megalitres per day 50 Extractive industry including mining and quarrying 50 Abattoirs, knackeries or poultry processing works which are designed to have a throughput of— up to 5000 tonnes per year; 5000 tonnes or more per year 100 625 Rendering works, being works for the manufacture or extraction of non-edible substances derived from animals with a total product input capacity of— less than 5 tonnes per hour; 5 tonnes per hour or more, but less than 10 tonnes per hour; 10 tonnes per hour or more, but less than 15 tonnes per hour; more than 15 tonnes per hour 100 625 1250 2500 Animal skin tanning, curing and finishing works 625 Pet food processing or pet food manufacturing works, which are designed to produce— up to 1000 tonnes per year; 1000 tonnes or more per year 100 625 Food processing works, being a works in which food is preserved, canned, bottled or dried by means of fuel fired plant and which are designed to produce at least 200 tonnes per year of food 50 Activity Fee in Fee Units Milk processing or dairy product manufacturing works, which are designed to produce at least 50 Sch. 2 -- 16 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 15 200 tonnes per year of product Edible oil or fat processing works, where either solvent extraction or edible oil or fat deodorising takes place, which are designed to produce at least 200 tonnes per year of product 625 Beverage manufacturing or processing works 50 Textile manufacturing and processing works including carpet manufacturing, wool scouring, textile bleaching, textile dyeing and textile finishing works 625 Fibreboard, chip board, or particle board works, being a works in which wood, wood products or other cellulose materials are processed to form fibreboard, chip board or particle board 625 Pulp or paper mills being works in which wood, wood products, waste paper or other cellulose materials are processed to form pulp, paper or cardboard 1250 Chemical works with a design production rate of— less than 500 tonnes per annum; 500 tonnes per annum or more but less than 5000 tonnes; 5000 tonnes per annum or more but less than 20 000 tonnes; 20 000 tonnes per annum or more 300 625 1250 2500 Coal processing works in which coal is converted to gaseous, liquid or solid products, with a design production rate of— 500 tonnes per annum or more but less than 5000 tonnes; 5000 tonnes per annum or more 625 1250 Activity Fee in Fee Units Oil or gas refinery works being works in which crude oil or gas is refined or hydrocarbon fractions are produced 1250 Sch. 2 -- 17 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 16 Bulk storage facilities which store compounds of carbon (including petroleum products or oil) which contain at least one carbon to carbon bond as well as derivatives of methane and are liquid at Standard Temperature and Pressure and which have a total design capacity (in tanks exceeding 10 000 litres capacity) of— 1 megalitre or more but less than 10 megalitres 10 megalitres or more 50 1250 Cement works in which— clays or limestone materials are used in either a furnace or a kiln in the production of cement clinker; or cement clinker or clays or limestone or like materials are ground 1250 Ceramic works being works in which bricks, tiles, pipes, pottery goods or refractories are processed in dryers or kilns which are designed to produce at least 10 000 tonnes per year of ceramic product 1250 Mineral wool or ceramic fibre works 1250 Glass works, being works manufacturing glass by the melting of raw materials 1250 Primary metallurgical works, being works in which ores or ore concentrates are processed or smelted to produce metal, with a design production rate of— 500 tonnes per annum or more, but less than 5000 tonnes; 5000 tonnes per annum or more but less than 20 000 tonnes; 20 000 tonnes per annum or more 625 1250 2500 Activity Fee in Fee Units Metal melting works being works in which metal melting is performed in furnaces having a total design rate of at least 10 tonnes per hour for ferrous foundries or 2 tonnes per hour for non-ferrous foundries with a design production rate of Sch. 2 -- 18 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 17 foundries, with a design production rate of— 1000 tonnes per annum or more, but less than 20 000 tonnes; 20 000 tonnes per annum or more but less than 100 000 tonnes; 100 000 tonnes per annum or more 625 1250 2500 Metal galvanising works which are designed to have a throughput of at least 5000 tonnes per year of steel 625 Metal finishing works including electroplating of metal or plastic, anodising, electroforming or printed circuit board manufacturing 625 Can and drum coating works in which surface coating is applied to metal before or after the metal is formed into cans, closures, coils or drums 625 Vehicle assembly or sub-assembly works, with a design capacity of— 2000 units per annum or more but less than 5000 units; 5000 units per annum or more but less than 10 000 units; 10 000 units per annum or more 625 1250 2500 Printing works using more than 100 kilograms per day of organic compounds that have a boiling range between 50 degrees Celsius and 260 degrees Celsius 6250 Activity Fee in Fee Units Power stations which generate electrical power from the consumption of fuel at a rated capacity of at least 5 megawatt electrical power, with an installed capacity of— less than 15 megawatts; 100 Sch. 2 -- 19 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 18 15 megawatts or more but less than 100 megawatts; 100 megawatts or more but less than 200 megawatts 200 megawatts or more 625 1250 2500 Premises which discharge or emit, or from which it is proposed to discharge or emit to the atmosphere any of the following— at least 100 kilograms per day of— total organic compounds; particulate matter; sulphur oxide; nitrogen oxides; or other acid gases (excluding carbon dioxide); or at least 500 kilograms per day of carbon monoxide; any quantity of the following substances from industrial plant or fuel burning equipment— asbestos; benzene; mercury; vinyl chloride monomer; toluene-2, 4 di-isocyanate (TDI); or diphenylmethane di-isocyanate (MDI) 1250 ————————— Sch. 2 -- 20 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 19 SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 9 COMPONENT FEE INFORMATION Part A: Discharges to the atmosphere For the purposes of regulation 9 and Table 1— "tonnes per year" means the amount of waste permitted to be discharged, in grams per minute in a licence converted to tonnes per year, if an annual load is not specified. 1. If volatile organic compounds or total organic compounds are specified in a licence, the fee is the component fee for class 2 indicators specified in Table 1, for each tonne per year of volatile organic compounds or total organic compounds that may be discharged under licence to the atmosphere. TABLE 1 Component Fee in Fee units For each tonne per year that may be discharged under licence to the atmosphere of a— class 1 indicator class 2 indicator class 3 indicator 0·4 4 400 Part B Discharge to water and land 1. For the purposes of regulation 9 and Table 2— "annual mean flow" means the mean daily flow permitted under licence multiplied by the number of days in the year the discharge is permitted, expressed as megalitres per year; "annual stormwater flow" means the annual flow rate for contaminated stormwater discharge which is deemed to be 10 litres for each square metre of area contributing to the stormwater discharge, multiplied by the number of days in the year; Sch. 3 -- 21 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 20 "hazardous substances" means substances which are highly toxic, persistent or may accumulate to toxic levels as contained in State environment protection policy (waters of Victoria) as in force from time to time; "organic matter" means total organic carbon, biochemical oxygen demand, or chemical oxygen demand that may be discharged under a licence; "priority wastes" means the types or classes of waste containing any substance designated as a priority waste in Industrial Waste Management (Waste Minimisation) Policy as in force from time to time; "temperature above ambient" means for any particular season, any temperature level higher than the average temperature for that season of the waters receiving the licensed discharge; "toxicants" means a substance which is poisonous to living things. 2. Each component fee in column 2 of Table 2— (a) must be multiplied by the annual mean flow; or (b) in the case of a contaminated stormwater discharge, multiplied by the annual stormwater flow. 3. If a discharge of any of the components in Table 2 is licensed to be discharged on to land rather than into water, the relevant fee for that component must be reduced by 50%. 4. If a licence specifies electrical conductivity, the fee is the component fee for total dissolved solids multiplied by two thirds of the electrical conductivity specified under licence. 5. If a licence specifies both electrical conductivity and total dissolved solids, no fee is to be charged for electrical conductivity. 6. If more than one of the parameters defined as organic matter is specified under licence, the greater limit must be used for fee calculations. 7. If a median amount of waste permitted to be discharged under a licence is not specified in the licence, the maximum amount of waste permitted to be discharged under the licence must be used for the purpose of calculating a fee under Table 2. TABLE 2 Sch. 3 -- 22 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 21 Component Fee in Fee units For each milligram per litre of the median amount that may be discharged under licence of— total dissolved solids, discharged to anywhere other than the ocean; (see clauses 4 and 5) suspended solids; organic matter; (see clause 6) total phosphorus; total nitrogen; hazardous substances; toxicants; priority wastes; any other waste component, not specified elsewhere 0·0006 0·003 0·003 0·005 0·005 0·3 0·05 0·3 0·05 For each platinum cobalt unit of colour that may be discharged under licence 0·0003 For each degree of Celsius of temperature above ambient that may be discharged under licence 0·003 Where a licence permits discharges of bacteria (E coli) at a concentration of— greater than 10 organisms per 100 millilitres or more but not greater than 200 organisms per 100 millilitres; greater than 200 organisms per 100 millilitres or more, but not greater than 2000 organisms per 100 millilitres; greater than 2000 organisms per 100 millilitres 0·001 0·01 0·1 ————————— Sch. 3 -- 23 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 22 SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 16 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR FEES FOR PRESCRIBED WASTE TRANSPORT PERMITS (1) The fee payable for a vehicle which is a prime mover or passenger vehicle to transport prescribed waste, provided the vehicle does not carry prescribed waste, is 10 fee units. (2) The fee payable for any other vehicle to transport prescribed waste is the relevant fee set out in the Table. (3) If two or more categories of prescribed waste are transported by the same vehicle the fee is to be the higher of the relevant fees in the Table. TABLE Vehicle Gross Combination Load Carrying Capacity Type or Class of prescribed waste Less than 1·5 tonnes Fee in Fee Units Equal to or more than 1·5 tonnes but less than 8 tonnes Fee in Fee Units Equal to or more than 8 tonnes but less than 23 tonnes Fee in Fee Units Equal to or more than 23 tonnes but less than 30 tonnes Fee in Fee Units Equal to or more than 30 tonnes Fee in Fee Units Putrescible organic wastes or inert sludges or slurries, clinical and related wastes 25 40 50 75 100 Prescribed waste not specified elsewhere in this table 40 50 70 105 140 Prescribed waste which is explosive, flammable or highly reactive 50 60 80 120 160 Sch. 4 -- 24 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 23 ═══════════════ -- 25 of 26 -- S.R. No. 119/2001 Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2001 24 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 21: S.R. No. 95/1998. —— Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter Required by Subordinate Legislation Regulations 1994 Note that the following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 6 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 1994. Statutory Rule Provision Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document Regulation 5 State environment protection policy (Air Quality Management) as published in the Government Gazette dated 13 July 1981, as amended by Orders in Council published in the Government Gazette dated 4 November 1981, 17 February 1982, 16 June 1982, 24 November 1982, 28 September 1983 and Special Government Gazette dated 6 June 1988, 31 July 1989 and 9 February 1999. Clause 9 and Schedules C, D and E Schedule 3, Part B State environment protection policy (waters of Victoria) as published in the Special Government Gazette dated 26 February 1988, as amended by Orders in Council published in the Government Gazette dated 21 March 1990 and Special Government Gazettes dated 22 October 1996, 27 August 1997 and 22 June 1999. Clause 24 Schedule 3, Part B Industrial Waste Management (Waste Minimisation) Policy as published in the Special Government Gazette dated 29 October 1990, as amended by Order in Council published in the Government Gazette dated 26 October 2000. Clause 54 and Schedule A Endnotes -- 26 of 26 --