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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 3 Hansard (23 October) . . Page.. 4083 ..
How many breaches and/or prosecutions have there been in relation to the storage of waste on unleased Territory land in the years at (4) above;
What are the penalties that apply in relation to such breaches;
Who is responsible for providing the waste receptacles and how are these waste receptacles emptied;
What proportion of the waste under these arrangements is recycled.
Mr Wood
: The answer to the member's question is as follows:Permits to store commercial waste on unleased Territory land are issued to waste and recycling service providers only after a waste assessment has been conducted by an officer from ACT NOWaste in company with a representative of the service provider and the business requiring the service, and only if there is no option available to store within lease boundaries.
The charges from 1 August 2003 are:
For waste receptacles an administration fee of $27.50 per annum is charged, plus an annual charge per square metre of land used based on determined land values. The rates vary according to the area and are $225 in the City Centre, $175 in Town Centres and $125 in all other commercial and industrial areas. All these charges include GST. For a recycling receptacle only an administration fee of $27.50 (incl GST) per annum applies. The previous year's charges comprised administration fees only being $27.50 (incl GST) per annum for each garbage and recycling receptacle.
Permits are issues for one year at a time.
(a) There were 276 permits issued in 2002
(b) There were 127 permits issued in 2003
The penalty is termination of the permit and consequent removal of the receptacle under the Roads and Public Places Act 1937.
There have been no known permit breaches or prosecutions in 2002 or 2003.
The penalty is termination of the permit and consequent removal of the receptacle under the Roads and Public Places Act 1937.
The receptacles are provided by waste and recycling collection companies. They are emptied by a variety of vehicles including front-lift and rear-lift trucks.
Approximately 20% of receptacles on unleased Territory land are for recycling purposes.
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