CUSTOMS (PROHIBITED EXPORTS) REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 13G Exportation of radioactive waste

CUSTOMS (PROHIBITED EXPORTS) REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 13G

  (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 administering the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 .

"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.