HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) (WAIGANI CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 6 No export to Forum Island Country etc

HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) (WAIGANI CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 6

    Nothing in these regulations or Division   3 or 4 of Part   2, of the Act (as taken to apply in relation to an application by regulation   10 or 11), authorises the Minister to grant:

  (a)   an export permit for the export of hazardous waste to:

  (i)   a Forum Island Country; or

  (ii)   a territory (other than an Other Party, within the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention) within the Convention Area; or

  (b)   an import permit for the import of hazardous waste from a country within the Convention Area that is not a Party to the Convention; or

  (c)   a transit permit for the transit of hazardous waste from, or to, a country within the Convention Area that is not a Party to the Convention.

Note 1:   Other Party means Australia and New Zealand, which are Parties to the Convention, but are not Forum Island Countries.

Note 2:   See Article 4 of the Convention.

Note 3:   In addition, the Act directs the Minister not to grant a special export permit, a special import permit, or a special transit permit if the Minister is satisfied that the grant could result in hazardous waste being brought into Antarctica -- see the Act, s   13F.