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Environmental Quality Act 1974 · s 36A

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s 36AResearch cess

(1)

For the purpose of conducting, promoting or co-ordinating research in relation to any aspect of pollution or the prevention thereof, the Minister, after consultation with the Minister of Finance and the

Council, may make an order for the imposition and collection, or variation or cancellation of an imposition, of a cess on the waste generated.

(2)

Any order made under subsection (1) may provide—

(a)

for different rates of cess to be imposed in respect of the different types of waste generated including the volume and composition of waste;

(b)

for the manner of collection of the cess by the Director

General; and

(c)

for the exemption of any person or class of persons, or in respect of any waste generated other than for research purposes, from payment of the cess.

*NOTE—Subordinate Courts Rules 1980 [P.U. (A) 328/1980] has been repealed by the Rules of

Court 2012 [P.U. (A) 205/2012] which comes into operation on 1 August 2012–see Order 1, Rule 1

P.U. (A) 205/2012.

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(3)

The cess collected under this section shall be paid into the Fund established under section 36B.