Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) On and after 1 January 2000, the exportation from Australia to a Pacific Island Developing Country of radioactive waste is prohibited unless a permission in writing, given by the Minister or by an authorised person, for the exportation of the waste is produced to a Collector at or before the time of exportation.
(2) In deciding whether to give a permission under subregulation (1), the Minister, or the authorised person, must take into account the international obligations of Australia.
(3) In this regulation:
"authorised person" means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to give a permission under subregulation (1).
"Minister" means the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources.
Pacific Island Developing Country means any of the following countries:
(a) Cook Islands;
(b) Fiji;
(c) Kiribati;
(d) Marshall Islands, Republic of;
(e) Micronesia, Federated States of;
(f) Nauru;
(g) Niue;
(h) Palau, Republic of;
(i) Papua New Guinea;
(j) Solomon Islands;
(k) Tonga;
(l) Tuvalu;
(m) Vanuatu;
(n) Western Samoa.
"radioactive waste" means waste consisting of material that emits ionising radiation as a result of the spontaneous transformation of the nucleus of the atom but does not include material that has an activity concentration below 1 Becquerel per gram or an activity below 1000 Becquerel.