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PART I – PRELIMINARY 5
1 Short title..........................................................................................................5
2 Interpretation....................................................................................................5
3 Act binds the Crown ........................................................................................6
PART II – WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE AREAS 6
4 Waste management service areas.....................................................................6
PART III – APPROVED WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 7
5 Approved waste Authority...............................................................................7
6 Functions of an approved Authority ................................................................7
7 Performance of community obligations...........................................................8
8 Powers of an approved Authority ....................................................................9
9 Powers of the Minister .....................................................................................9
PART IV – MANAGEMENT OF AN APPROVED AUTHORITY 10
10 Management of an Approved Authority ........................................................10
11 Staff of an approved Authority ......................................................................10
12 Protection of assets of an approved Authority ...............................................10
PART V – FEES AND CHARGES IMPOSED BY AN APPROVED
AUTHORITY 11
13 Fees and charges ............................................................................................11
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14 Exemptions.....................................................................................................11
15 Interest on unpaid dues...................................................................................12
16 Collection of fees and charges........................................................................12
PART VI – PLANNING AND REPORTING BY AN APPROVED
AUTHORITY 12
17 Operating plans ..............................................................................................12
18 Reporting by an approved Authority..............................................................13
PART – VII OPERATIONS OF AN APPROVED AUTHORITY 14
19 Contracting waste services .............................................................................14
20 Operating procedures and codes of practice...................................................14
21 Recycling of wastes........................................................................................15
PART – VIII REGULATION OF WASTES AND WASTE
RELATED ACTIVITIES 16
22 Environmental and Public Health Standards..................................................16
23 Registration and licensing ..............................................................................16
PART IX – OFFENCES RELATING TO WASTES 17
24 Waste related offences ...................................................................................17
25 Enforcement provisions..................................................................................17
26 Prosecutions under this Act............................................................................18
PART X – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 18
27 Regulations.....................................................................................................18
28 Relationship with other Acts ..........................................................................19
29 Savings and transitional provisions................................................................19
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WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 2005
Act 11 of 2005
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF
SOLID WASTES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ALL WASTES IN
THE KINGDOM
I assent,
‘ULUKALALA LAVAKA ATA,
10th January, 2006
[25th October, 2005]
BE IT ENACTED by the King and the Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the
Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:
PART I – PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Waste Management Act 2005.
2 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“the Authority” means the Waste Authority Ltd;
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“approved Authority” means —
(a) in relation to the Tongatapu waste management service area, the
Waste Authority Ltd; and
(b) in relation to other waste management service areas, the Ministry of
Health or other entity appointed in accordance with section 5(3);
“Board” means the Board of an approved Authority;
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of an
approved Authority;
“Department” means the Department of Environment;
“hazardous waste” includes any wastes which are, or which have the
potential to be, toxic or poisonous, or which may cause injury or damage
to human health or the environment;
“island of Tongatapu” means all islands listed in the Schedule;
“Minister” unless the context otherwise requires, means the Minister of
Environment;
“waste” includes —
(a) garbage, household refuse, rubbish, scraps and trade wastes; and
(b) any other matter or thing determined from time to time by an
approved Authority to be waste for the purposes of this Act in the
waste management service area under its control; and
“waste management service area “includes”
(a) the Tongatapu waste management service area designated under
section 4(1); and
(b) any other waste management service area designated in accordance
with section 4.
3 Act binds the Crown
This Act shall bind the Crown.
PART II – WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE AREAS
4 Waste management service areas
(1) The Island of Tongatapu is designated as the Tongatapu waste
management service area.
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(2) Other waste management service areas, being islands or parts of islands,
may be designated by the Minister, with advice from the Minister of
Health from time to time.
(3) The Minister may, with advice from the Minister of Health, revoke, alter
or add to any waste management service area.
PART III – APPROVED WASTE MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
5 Approved waste Authority
(1) The Authority shall be the approved Authority for the Tongatapu waste
management service area.
(2) The Ministry of Health shall be the approved Authority for all areas of
Tonga other than the island of Tongatapu, until waste management service
areas are declared for those areas under section 4.
(3) The Minister of Health may, with the consent of Cabinet, appoint any
appropriate entity to be an approved Authority for any waste management
service area, and may substitute any appropriate entity for an
approved Authority.
6 Functions of an approved Authority
The functions of an approved Authority shall be to establish, improve, maintain,
operate and manage the collection and disposal of all waste in the Kingdom,
including, but not limited to —
(a) the provision of commercial, industrial and residential waste
collection services;
(b) the provision of waste management facilities, including the
identification, development and management of waste dump
site areas;
(c) ensuring the sound management of waste dump site areas and
approved dumping and waste storage sites that incorporate
comprehensive environmental management systems, including
leachate containment and management measures;
(d) the provision of appropriate waste treatment, storage and
disposal facilities;
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(e) the provision of waste management services to aircraft and ships
and the imposition of requirements to be observed by pilots and
ship masters;
(f) the promotion of recycling and the implementation of measures to
minimise wastes having particular adverse implications for human
health and the environment;
(g) monitoring the effects of wastes on human health and the
environment, and cooperating with public health and environment
officers in the discharge of their responsibilities relating to
regulating and monitoring wastes and monitoring waste
management processes and facilities;
(h) regulating persons involved in the transportation, storage and
disposal of wastes in accordance with this Act and any regulations
made under it;
(i) the preparation, adoption and enforcement of rules, operating
manuals, codes of practice and standards regulating activities
associated with the management of wastes in Tonga;
(j) implementing litter and waste control measures;
(k) the preparation of reports and the compilation of statistics relevant
to the management of wastes in Tonga, and the regular reporting of
such matters in accordance with this Act;
(l) raising public awareness of matters concerning the minimisation of
the generation of wastes and the effective management of
wastes; and
(m) performing any other functions provided for by regulations made
under this Act.
7 Performance of community obligations
(1) An approved Authority shall undertake community obligations at the
direction of the Board, which may involve any activity aimed at keeping
public areas clean and free of wastes, including —
(a) street and foreshore cleaning and other activities to maintain the
cleanliness of public areas; and
(b) providing waste receptacles in public areas and other appropriate
facilities for minimising and dealing with wastes on public roads
and reserves, and other areas accessible to the public.
(2) An approved Authority shall only be obliged to perform a community
obligation under this section if the Government undertakes to pay to the
approved Authority the agreed cost of providing the necessary services
and undertaking the required activities.
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8 Powers of an approved Authority
Subject to this Act and any regulations made under this Act, an Approved
Authority shall have all the powers, rights and authorities necessary or expedient
to enable them to exercise their functions, including, but not limited to the
power to —
(a) perform any responsibility and exercise any power vested in them
by this Act or regulations made under this Act or any
other enactment;
(b) do anything necessary to ensure that wastes in Tonga are managed
in an environmentally sound manner with minimum adverse effects
to human health;
(c) do anything necessary to assist other government agencies to ensure
that Tonga is in compliance with its international obligations in
relation to the management and movement of wastes;
(d) undertake prosecutions for breaches of this Act, and to recover fines
imposed and the costs arising from taking such legal proceedings;
(e) take legal proceedings to prevent or restrain activities which are in
breach of this Act; and
(f) otherwise exercise the powers of a company and public enterprise
under the laws of Tonga.
9 Powers of the Minister
For the purposes of implementing this Act, the Minister may —
(a) exercise any of the powers conferred by this Act or any other law
applying to the administration and operations of an
approved Authority;
(b) require that an approved Authority undertakes its activities in
accordance with any government policy relevant to the protection
of the environment; and
(c) give directions to an approved Authority, not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act, to ensure that waste management
requirements and practices in the area of responsibility of that
approved Authority are implemented in accordance with principles
and standards of sound environmental management.
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PART IV – MANAGEMENT OF AN APPROVED
AUTHORITY
10 Management of an Approved Authority
(1) The provisions of this Part of the Act do not apply to the operations or
administration of the Ministry of Health in its capacity as an
approved Authority.
(2) The Authority or any approved Authority is hereby a public enterprise for
the purposes of the Public Enterprises Act 2002.
(3) The Directors of an approved Authority shall be appointed by the Minister
of Finance and hold office in accordance with the Public Enterprises
Act 2002.
11 Staff of an approved Authority
(1) The Board shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer in accordance with
section 26 of the Public Enterprises Act 2002, and shall determine —
(a) procedures for the appointment and termination of staff, other than
the Chief Executive Officer;
(b) the terms and conditions of employment of the staff;
(c) appropriate arrangements for disciplining staff; and
(d) financial and tendering procedures which are consistent with the
procedures of the government.
(2) Arrangements may be made for the secondment of public servants to an
approved Authority.
12 Protection of assets of an approved Authority
(1) No asset of an approved Authority shall be subject to distress or taken in
execution of any judgment or legal proceedings against an approved
Authority, its staff or its contractors, if the asset is —
(a) any building, plant, equipment or installation used at or situated at a
waste dump site or waste treatment, dumping or storage site
operated by the approved Authority;
(b) any vehicle or attachment to a vehicle used for the purposes of
waste collection by or on behalf of an approved Authority; or
(c) any item of office equipment used at the premises of an
approved Authority.
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(2) Nothing in this section shall affect —
(a) any legal rights or obligations arising from an approved Authority
using any of the assets mentioned in subsection (1) as security for a
loan; or
(b) the powers of a liquidator under the Companies Act 1995 in the
event of the winding up of an approved Authority.
PART V – FEES AND CHARGES IMPOSED BY AN
APPROVED AUTHORITY
13 Fees and charges
(1) An approved Authority may levy and vary the following fees —
(a) an annual garbage collection fee which may apply to all residential
premises in a waste management service area.
(b) the commercial waste collection fee which shall apply to all
commercial premises with zero rating to commercial premises
given satisfactory arrangements for proper management and
disposal of wastes generated on the premises;
(c) for depositing wastes at waste dump sites and approved dumping
grounds; and
(d) disposal of hazardous wastes.
(2) The approved Authority may determine which premise is residential or
commercial for the purpose of this Act.
14 Exemptions
(1) The approved Authority may grant exemption with conditions from
payment of fees and charges imposed under this Part of this Act.
(2) Exemptions from residential garbage collection charge may be
granted on —
(a) written application by the owner or occupier of the residential
premise; and
(b) the approved Authority is satisfied that the residential premise –
(i) have not been or will not be occupied for a continuous period
of 3 months; or
(ii) is not accessible to the garbage collection vehicles; or
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(iii) meet any other conditions or requirements approved by the
Board as being grounds for the granting of remission.
15 Interest on unpaid dues
An approved Authority may charge interest at the prescribed rate per annum on
any fees and charges not paid within 30 days of the date upon which
payment is due.
16 Collection of fees and charges
(1) All fees and charges payable to an approved Authority in accordance with
this Part of this Act may be recovered by the approved Authority as a
debt.
(2) The garbage collection fee imposed on premises may be recovered in
accordance with subsection (1) from the owner or occupier at the time the
fee was incurred of the premises.
(3) An approved Authority may, subject to any directions given by the Board,
enter into arrangements for the collection of fees and charges by persons
or organisations approved by the Board to be collection agents on behalf
of the approved Authority.
PART VI PLANNING AND REPORTING BY AN APPROVED
AUTHORITY
17 Operating plans
(1) Each approved Authority shall prepare a three yearly operating plan with
financial projections forming the basis of each year's annual operating
plan and annual estimates.
(2) Operating plans prepared in accordance with subsection (1) shall be
prepared so as to reflect the views and interests of Government as
expressed through the Minister and of the householders and commercial
businesses in the waste management service area and the Chief Executive
Officer shall ensure that adequate opportunities are provided during its
formulation to permit such views and interests to be expressed.
(3) The Chief Executive Officer of an approved Authority shall during the
month of April in each year prepare an Annual Operating Plan and
Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the next financial year for
approval by the Board.
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(4) Upon approval of the Annual Operating Plan and Estimates of Revenue
and Expenditure by a Board of an approved Authority the Chief Executive
Officer shall immediately forward copies to the Minister of Finance and
the Minister.
(5) The approval Annual Estimates shall be sufficient authority for the Chief
Executive Officer to approve the expenditure of moneys for the specified
purposes up to an amount not exceeding the approved amounts for
each purpose.
(6) No expenditure shall exceed the amounts approved in the Annual
Estimates unless the Board's consent has been given.
18 Reporting by an approved Authority
In addition to the reporting requirements imposed on an approved Authority
under the Public Enterprise Act 2002 and the Companies Act 1995, an approved
Authority shall —
(a) prepare and submit reports relating to any aspect of waste
management under its responsibility at the request of the Minister;
(b) ensure that the Minister is immediately notified of any matter
relating to waste management that comes to its notice which may
adversely affect human health;
(c) ensure that the Minister is immediately notified of any matter
relating to waste management that comes to its notice which may
adversely affect the environment; and
(d) arrange for programmes of public information concerning waste
management issues with an aim to —
(i) minimise the generation of wastes;
(ii) ensure that wastes are stored and disposed of in a manner
which minimises their harmful effects on human health and
the environment; and
(iii) permit informed decisions to be made about waste related
matters which may affect the health and well-being of the
community.
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PART VII OPERATIONS OF AN APPROVED AUTHORITY
19 Contracting waste services
(1) An approved Authority may enter into contractual arrangements for the
provision of services necessary to discharge its functions and to perform
its waste management activities, including activities related to —
(a) the management and operation of waste dump sites and approved
waste dumps, waste storage and treatment facilities;
(b) the collection and transportation of wastes;
(c) any aspect of the administration of an approved Authority; and
(d) other waste related activities including the dissemination of
information and the raising of public awareness.
(2) The Ministry of Works may be engaged as a contractor by an approved
Authority in accordance with subsection (1) and for all such purposes it
shall have the same status as all other contractors and
potential contractors.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a contractor engaged by an approved Authority
in accordance with this section may be authorised to —
(a) collect fees on behalf of an approved Authority and account for
them to the approved Authority;
(b) give any necessary direction or impose any necessary operational
requirement, consistent with this Act and any regulation, rule,
operating procedure or code of practice made under this Act; and
(c) take any other necessary action or do any other necessary thing in
accordance with the contract made with the approved Authority.
(4) No contractor to an approved Authority may be authorised to —
(a) exercise any power of registration or grant any licence in
accordance with this Act; or
(b) do any other act or thing which is prescribed by regulations made
under this Act as being beyond the power of a contractor.
20 Operating procedures and codes of practice
(1) For any purpose associated with its operations, an approved Authority
may make and impose rules, operating procedures, guidelines and codes
of practice relevant to any aspect of its waste management functions.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), an approved Authority
may impose rules prescribing —
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(a) the size and nature of waste receptacles;
(b) the placing of wastes and waste receptacles so as to facilitate the
collection of wastes;
(c) the provision of stands and requirements to ensure the effective
containment of wastes;
(d) the separation of certain types of wastes; and
(e) any other matter to facilitate the orderly keeping and collection of
wastes.
(3) An approved Authority may display signs at its operational facilities and
on its vehicles which give directions to be observed by all persons within
the facilities, or in the vicinity of the vehicles, of an approved Authority.
(4) Officers and contractors of an approved Authority may give directions to
any person within the areas and facilities of an approved Authority for the
purpose of ensuring compliance with any rule, operating procedure,
guideline, code of practice or sign made or displayed in accordance with
this section.
(5) Any person who fails or refuses to comply with any rules, operating
procedure, guideline, code of practice or sign made or displayed in
accordance with this section, or with any direction given under subsection
(4), commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding $1000.
21 Recycling of wastes
(1) An approved Authority shall promote the recycling of wastes and for this
purpose rules, operating procedures, guidelines, codes of practice, signs
and directions may be made, displayed or given in accordance with
section 20.
(2) Persons or companies engaged in commercial activities associated with
the recycling of wastes shall —
(a) comply with all requirements imposed under this section;
(b) ensure that no aspect of their activities gives rise to a breach of
Tonga's international obligations associated with the movement and
management of wastes; and
(c) observe internationally accepted practices in relation to their waste
related activities.
(3) For the purposes of achieving compliance with subsection (2), regulations
made under this Act may require that persons or companies engaged in
commercial activities associated with the recycling of wastes be registered
or licensed, and such requirements may be administered by the
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Department or by an approved Authority in accordance with the
regulations.
PART – VIII REGULATION OF WASTES AND WASTE
RELATED ACTIVITIES
22 Environmental and Public Health Standards
(1) Environmental standards relating to waste management practices and
facilities may be prescribed by the Minister, and the Department shall be
responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of the approved standards.
(2) Public health standards relating to waste management practices and
facilities may be prescribed by the Minister of Health, and the Ministry of
Health shall be responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of the
approved standards.
(3) Standards imposed under this section may be applied to an approved
Authority and its contractors and to any other persons identified in the
applicable standard.
(4) Any person to whom an approved standard applies who fails or refuses to
comply with the standard commits an offence and shall upon conviction
be liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
(5) In addition to any fine imposed under subsection (4), the failure to
observe or comply with an approved standard shall be grounds for —
(a) suspending or revoking any registration or licence applying to the
person in breach;
(b) refusing any subsequent registration or licence sought by the person
in breach; and
(c) terminating any contract between an approved Authority and the
person in breach.
23 Registration and licensing
(1) All waste dump sites require approval from the Minister of Lands and
Natural Resources and are required to be licensed by the Minister under
this Act.
(2) The Minister may require the registration and licensing of other waste
management facilities and operators in accordance with regulations made
under this Act.
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(3) Any person who operates a waste dump site without a license issued by
the Minister or in breach of any condition of such a license commits in
offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding
$10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.
PART IX – OFFENCES RELATING TO WASTES
24 Waste related offences
(1) An person who imports into the Kingdom any toxic or hazardous wastes,
except in compliance with international obligations applying to Tonga,
commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 25 years,
or both.
(2) Any person who arranges for the movement of toxic or hazardous wastes
into, out of or within the Kingdom, or for their storage or disposal so as to
cause a breach of an international obligation applying to Tonga commits
an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding
$100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 25 years, or both.
(3) Any person who deposits or dumps wastes at a place other than an
approved waste dump site so as to cause pollution to a public area or to
land belonging to the Government or to another person commits an
offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding $5,000
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.
(4) Any person who drops or throws or deposits any waste on a roadway,
vacant land or foreshore, or into any stream, creek, pool, well, lake or the
sea commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding $1,000.
(5) Any person who impedes, hinders or obstructs —
(a) an officer of an approved Authority in the exercise of a function or
power under this Act; or
(b) any contractor engaged by an approved Authority to undertake a
waste management service,
commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding $1000.
25 Enforcement provisions
(1) The powers provided for under subsection (2) may be exercised by police
officers, environment officers, authorised officers under the Public Health
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Act 1992 and officers of an approved Authority and its contractors who
are authorised by a Chief Executive Officer.
(2) For the purposes of implementing and enforcing the provisions of this
Act, and monitoring and containing the effects of wastes on human health
and the environment, the persons referred to in subsection (1) may —
(a) enter upon any land;
(b) enter private premises at all reasonable times where it is believed on
all reasonable grounds that there has been any contravention of this
Act, after notifying the owner of their intention to do so;
(c) take samples of wastes, soil and water for testing and analysis;
(d) require the production of records and information relevant to the
management, storage, movement and disposal of waste; and
(e) order that certain wastes or materials apparently containing or
affected by wastes be contained, removed or otherwise dealt with so
as to minimise their adverse affects on human health or the
environment.
(3) Any person who refuses or fails to comply with an order given under
subsection (2)(e) commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable
to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 2 years, or both.
26 Prosecutions under this Act
(1) Prosecutions for offences against this Act may be undertaken by police
officers, environment officers, authorised officers under the Public Health
Act 1992 and officers of an approved Authority who are authorised by a
Chief Executive Officer.
(2) Where prosecutions are undertaken by an approved Authority the costs or
any part of the costs of any legal practitioner retained by an approved
Authority for that purpose may be ordered by a court to be paid to the
approved Authority.
PART X – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
27 Regulations
The Minister may, with the consent of Cabinet, make regulations for the
implementation of this Act, including but not limited to, regulations which
provide for all or any of the following —
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(a) the proper and efficient administration and management of an
approved Authority;
(b) additional functions and powers of an approved Authority;
(c) the provision of community obligations by an approved Authority
and the payments to be made for these;
(d) the imposition and collection of waste related fees and charges and
interest rates on unpaid fees and the raising of revenues for waste
related purposes;
(e) special levies on particular goods the disposal of which is likely to
have adverse effects on the environment;
(f) additional charges on premises in commercial areas where services
are provided by an approved Authority to maintain cleanliness of
streets, footpaths and public areas;
(g) any other type of special levy relating to waste management
services, or for the purpose of raising revenues for the effective
management of wastes;
(h) the payment, collection and use of special levies and additional
charges; and
(i) the effective management of wastes in waste management
service areas;
(j) prescribing offences and imposing penalties being fines not
exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2
years, or both.
28 Relationship with other Acts
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Business Licenses Act 2002, an approved
Authority and its contractors may engage in activities associated with the
storage, disposal and transport of toxic wastes, if such activities comply with the
requirements of this Act.
29 Savings and transitional provisions
(1) The Minister of Health may, on behalf of the Ministry of Health in its
capacity as an approved Authority —
(a) fix fees and charges in accordance with section 13, which shall be
subject to the consent of Cabinet and be published in the Gazette
upon approval;
(b) exercise the powers of a Chief Executive Officer as provided for in
sections 13 and 14;
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(c) make and impose rules, operating procedures, guidelines and codes
of practice in accordance with section 20;
(d) otherwise exercise any power of a Board or Chief Executive Officer
for the management of wastes in the waste service under the control
of the Ministry of Health;
(e) delegate the power to review a decision made by the Minister of
Health under this Act to an appropriate person to be exercised in
accordance with this Act; and
(f) delegate any other power of an approved Authority to an
appropriate person.
(2) The environmental impact approval given for the Tapuhia waste dump site
prior to the commencement of this Act and the Environmental Impact
Assessment Act 2003 shall be sufficient environmental impact approval
for all lawful purposes.
Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 19 day of October, 2005.
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Fafa
Nukunukumotu
Pangaimotu
Tongatapu, excluding the island of ‘Eua
