I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000.

Dated 10 February 2005

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN CAMPBELL

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Product Stewardship (Oil) Regulations 2000

  Schedule 1 amends the Product Stewardship (Oil) Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 3

substitute

3 Definitions

 (1) In these Regulations:

Act means the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000.

base oil means an oil that is free from contaminants or additives and to which other substances may be added for a particular application.

EPA method and EPA test mean respectively a method and a test mentioned in Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods, published by the Environment Protection Agency of the United States of America, publication number 955-001-00000-1.

re-refined — see subregulation (2).

 (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a used oil has been re‑refined if it has been restored to the condition of a base oil:

 (a) by either:

 (i) thin film evaporation; or

 (ii) vacuum distillation;

  followed by either:

 (iii) solvent extraction; or

 (iv) hydrofinishing; or

 (b) by another process approved for this subregulation by the Minister as being:

 (i) consistent with the objects of the Act; and

 (ii) similar in purpose and effect to the processes mentioned in paragraph (a).

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.