Circular Economy Act 2023

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
16 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R3	16 November 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-29

Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water - City and Environment Directorate

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Circular Economy Regulation 2023	None	Subordinate laws	s 56	1 January 2024	SL2023-27
Circular Economy (Prohibited Products—Special Circumstances) Exemption Declaration 2023 (No 1)	None	Disallowable instruments	s 23	10 November 2023	DI2023-247
Circular Economy (Prohibited Products) Exemption Declaration 2023 (No 1) (Repealed)	Repealed	Disallowable instruments	s 23	10 November 2023 - 31 October 2024	DI2023-248
Circular Economy (Prohibited Products—Special Circumstances) Exemption Declaration 2023 (No 2)	None	Disallowable instruments	s 23	10 November 2023	DI2023-249
Circular Economy (Prohibited Products—Special Circumstances) Exemption Declaration 2023 (No 3)	None	Disallowable instruments	s 23	10 November 2023	DI2023-250
Circular Economy (Public Event) Declaration 2023 (No 1)	None	Disallowable instruments	s 21	10 November 2023	DI2023-251

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
16 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R3	16 November 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-29
10 November 2023 - 15 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R2	10 November 2023	Republication for expiry of transitional provisions (pt 9)
9 November 2023 - 9 November 2023	HTML PDF Word	R1	9 November 2023	Republication for new Act
9 November 2023	HTML PDF Word	As notified	8 November 2023

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Circular Economy Bill 2023.

The Circular Economy Act 2023 has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

Notified: 8 November 2023 (Parliamentary Counsel)

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
8 November 2023	9 November 2023	HTML PDF Word

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	8 November 2023	LA s 75 (1)
remainder	9 November 2023	s 2

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
pt 9	9 November 2023 (midnight)	s 61

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2025-29	Statute Law Amendment Act 2025	sch 3 pt 3.15	16 November 2025