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Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Waste disposal levy - Minister’s functions in relation to levy

40: Minister may appoint levy collector

You could also call this:

"The Minister can choose someone to collect waste disposal payments from businesses."

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The Minister can choose someone to collect the levy from people who run disposal facilities. You might wonder what a levy is, but in this case, it's a type of payment. The Minister can appoint this person by putting a notice in the Gazette. The Minister can also remove this person from the job if needed. The person collecting the levy might be allowed to keep some of the money as a fee for doing the job. When someone is appointed to collect the levy, they have to put the money into a special trust account, which means they are holding it for the Secretary, and they must pay the money to the Secretary when asked.

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Part 3Waste disposal levy
Minister’s functions in relation to levy

40Minister may appoint levy collector

  1. The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette,—

  2. appoint a person (instead of the Secretary) to collect the levy from the operators of 1 or more disposal facilities; or
    1. remove the person from that appointment.

      1. The terms of appointment may permit the appointed person to retain part of the levy money collected as a collection fee.

      2. Subject to subsection (2), an appointed person must—

      3. pay any levy money collected into a separate trust account to be held on trust for the Secretary; and
        1. pay the levy money to the Secretary upon request.

          1. The levy money in the trust account is not available to pay any creditor of the appointed person (other than the Secretary) and is not liable to be attached or taken in execution at the instance of any such creditor.

          2. A person who ceases to be an appointed levy collector must maintain the trust account concerned until all the levy the collector was appointed to collect is collected and paid to the Secretary.