Recycling and Waste Reduction (Export--Waste Paper and Cardboard) Rules 2024.

For the purposes of subsection 17(1) of the Act, waste paper and cardboard, other than the kinds of waste paper and cardboard referred to in subsection (3) of this section, is prescribed. Waste paper and cardboard means: (a) mixed or unsorted paper and cardboard that is discarded, rejected or left over from an industrial, commercial, domestic or other activity; or (b) mixed or unsorted paper and cardboard that is surplus to, or a by product of, an industrial, commercial, domestic or other activity. (3) The following kinds of waste paper and cardboard are not prescribed for the purposes of subsection 17(1) of the Act: (a) waste paper and cardboard that is exported for personal or domestic use; (b) waste paper and cardboard that is imported into Australia on a temporary basis and is re exported in the same covering and with the same trade description (within the meaning of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905) with which it was imported; (c) waste paper and cardboard that is hazardous waste (within the meaning of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989); (d) pulp of fibres that have been derived from waste paper and cardboard; (e) sorted liquid paperboard.
For the purposes of section 18 of the Act under Rule 6 the export of regulated waste paper and cardboard on or after 1 October 2024 is prohibited unless: a) all of the following apply the exporter holds a waste paper and cardboard export licence; the licence is in force and not suspended at the time the regulated waste paper and cardboard is exported; for each consignment of regulated waste paper and cardboard that is exported—the exporter has given the Minister an export declaration for the consignment; b) or both of the following apply: the consignment of regulated waste paper and cardboard that is exported is less than 100 kg; and the regulated waste paper and cardboard that is exported is a trade sample. Part 3 regulates waste paper and cardboard export licences. This includes: requirements; other matters to which the Minister must have regard in deciding whether to grant a waste paper and cardboard export licence; conditions of a waste paper and cardboard export licence; renewal of a waste paper and cardboard export licence; grounds for suspension, variation, revocation. For the purpose of subsection 142(1) of the Act, Part 5 regulates record-keeping.