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WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 79

79 .         Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Account

        (1)         There is to be established and kept as an agency special purpose account established under the Financial Management Act 2006 section 16 an account to be called the “Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Account”.

        (2)         The WARR Account is to be administered by the Waste Authority.

        (3A)         The Minister is to direct in each financial year that there is to be credited to the WARR Account such amount of the levy credited to the Department’s operating account under section 73(4) as is specified by the Minister.

        (3B)         The amount specified under subsection (3A) must be as follows —

            (a)         in the financial year ending 30 June 2010 — an amount not less than the difference between 25% of the forecast levy amount for that financial year and the amount of levy paid or payable for the period 1 July 2009 to 31 December 2009;

            (b)         in any other financial year — not less than 25% of the forecast levy amount for the financial year.

        (3C)         For the purposes of subsection (3B) the forecast levy amount for a financial year is —

            (a)         the estimate of the levy amount for the financial year set out in the budget papers for that financial year tabled in the Legislative Assembly; or

            (b)         if another means of determining the forecast levy amount for the financial year is prescribed — the forecast levy amount determined by those means.

        (3)         In addition to the amount referred to in subsection (3A), the WARR Account is to be credited with —

        [(a), (b)         deleted]

            (c)         income derived from the investment of moneys forming part of the WARR Account; and

            (d)         any other moneys lawfully payable to the credit of the WARR Account.

        [Section 79 amended by No. 48 of 2009 s. 7.]



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