South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations77—Certain depots must have approved weighbridge
(1) Subject to this
regulation and regulation 78, if a waste depot has, in a financial
year—
(a)
received at the depot 20 000 tonnes or more of solid waste and other
matter; or
(b)
disposed of at the depot 10 000 tonnes or more of solid waste
(including waste used as cover for landfill),
the holder of the waste depot licence must ensure that an approved weighbridge
is installed at the depot no later than 4 months after the end of that
financial year, for weighing solid waste and other matter received, used or
disposed of at, or transported from, the depot.
Maximum penalty: $4 000.
Expiation fee: $300.
(2) The Authority may,
on application by the holder of a waste depot licence within the relevant 4
month period referred to in subregulation (1), extend the period within
which an approved weighbridge must be installed at the depot by a further
period of 2 months.
(3) Despite
subregulation (1), the holder of a waste depot licence is not required to
comply with the requirement to have a weighbridge installed at the depot
if—
(a)
—
(i)
a weighbridge located at a place other than the depot was
used by the licence holder before 1 October 2000 for the purpose of
weighing waste received for disposal at the depot; and
(ii)
the licence holder currently owns and operates the
weighbridge for that purpose; or
(b) the
depot conducted by the licence holder is not a landfill depot and—
(i)
a weighbridge located at a place other than that depot
was used by the licence holder before 1 July 2021 for the purpose of
weighing waste received for resource recovery at the depot; and
(ii)
the licence holder currently owns and operates the
weighbridge for that purpose.