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• Part 1 Preliminary
• 1 Name of Regulation
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Establishment of scheme and objects
• 4 Definitions
• 5 Participants in scheme
• 6 Discharge licence
• 7 Hunter River catchment
• 8 Notes
• Part 2 General workings of scheme
• Division 1 Classification of river flow
• 9 Division of Hunter River flow into blocks
• 10 Classification of river blocks
• 11 Flow ranges
• 12 Classification of block—upper sector
• 13 Classification of block—middle sector
• 14 Classification of block—lower sector
• Division 2 River Register
• 15 River Register
• 16 Entry of information in River Register
• Part 3 Discharge rules
• Division 1 Preliminary
• 17 Salinity targets
• 18 Definitions
• Division 2 Principal rules about discharges
• 19 No discharges except from authorised discharge point
• 20 No discharges except during site discharge period
• 21 Services Co-ordinator to determine site discharge period
• 22 Maximum discharge during site discharge period
• Division 3 Volume discharge limit—high flow block
• Note.
• 23 High flow block—determination of volume discharge limit
• 24 Sector credit discount factor—high flow block
• 25 Total allowable discharge of salt
• Division 4 Volume discharge limit—flood flow blocks
• 26 Flood flow block
• Note.
• Division 5 Trading rules order
• 27 Imposition of trading rules by EPA
• 28 Effect of trading rules order
• 29 Effect of order—determination of volume discharge limit
• 30 Sector credit discount factor
• 31 Total allowable discharge of salt
• Division 6 Other rules relating to discharges
• 32 Saline water to be discharged at a regular rate
• 33 Record keeping requirements
• 34 Reporting requirements
• Division 7 Emergency dilution arrangements
• 35 Defence—emergency dilution arrangements
• Part 4 Credits in scheme
• Division 1 General
• 36 Creation of credits
• 37 Authority conferred by credit
• 38 Lifespan of credit
• 39 Who may hold credit
• Division 2 Initial allocation of credits
• 40 First issue credits
• 41 Allocation of first issue credits to relevant licence holders
• Division 3 Allocation of residual first issue credits
• 42 Residual first issue credits
• 43 Notice of intention to allocate residual first issue credits
• 44 Eligibility criteria
• 45 Number of credits to be allocated
• Division 4 Creation and sale of new credits
• 46 New credits to be created every 2 years
• 47 Sale of new credits by auction
• 48 Sale of new credits by private treaty
• 49 Sale of residual first issue credits
• Part 5 Trading in credits
• Division 1 Trading in credits
• 50 Trading in credits
• 51 Trading facility to be established
• 52 Registration of credit traders
• 53 Use of credit trading facility
• 54 Transfers to be effected by registered traders by means of facility
• 55 Transfers may be made for consideration
• Division 2 Trading rules
• 56 General rules as to transfers
• 57 To whom credits may be transferred
• 58 Retrospective transfers not permitted
• 59 Credits valid for single use only
• 60 Effect of sector credit discount factor on transfers
• 61 Offence for contravention of trading rules
• 62 Effect of contravention of trading rules on volume discharge limit
• Division 3 Credit Register
• 63 Credit Register
• 64 Transfers to be entered in Register
• 65 Correction of Credit Register
• Part 6 Administration of scheme
• Division 1 Services Co-ordinator
• 66 Services Co-ordinator
• 67 Engagement of contractors to carry out functions
• 68 Functions of EPA
• Division 2 Registrar
• 69 Registrar
• Division 3 Operations Committee
• 70 Appointment of Operations Committee
• 71 Functions of Operations Committee
• 72 Failure by Operations Committee to perform functions
• Part 7 Cost recovery
• Division 1 Contribution payable by participants towards costs of scheme
• 73 Participants required to contribute toward costs of scheme
• 74 Calculation of contribution
• 75 Contribution on credit holdings
• 76 Contribution on licence
• 77 Contributions on forfeited credits
• Division 2 Calculating total contributions amount
• 78 Total contributions amount
• 79 Costs of Services Co-ordinator
• 80 Costs of Registrar
• 81 Costs of EPA
• Division 3 Adjustments to total cost
• 82 Functions of EPA
• 83 Reconciliation at end of scheme year
• 84 Auction and sale proceeds
• 85 Adjustments to contributions
• Part 8 Enforcement
• 86 General enforcement power of EPA
• 87 Confirmation of enforcement order
• 88 Forfeiture of credits
• 89 Notice of reasons for making forfeiture order
• 90 Effect of forfeiture order
• 91 Offence of providing false information
• Part 9 Miscellaneous
• 92 Suspension of scheme
• 93 Review of Regulation—timetable
• 94 Amendment of Protection of the Environment Operations (Penalty Notices) Regulation 1999
• Part 10 Savings and transitional provisions
• 95 Regulation supersedes pilot scheme
• 96 Services Co-ordinator
• 97 First scheme year
• 98 Discharge licences issued under pilot scheme
• Schedule 1 Allocation of first issue credits
• Schedule 2 Constitution and procedure of Operations Committee
• Dictionary