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HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1989 - SECT 35

Orders relating to export of hazardous waste

  (1)   If a person contravenes one or more of the provisions mentioned in subsection   (2) in relation to hazardous waste, the Minister may, in writing, order the person to deal with the waste in a specified way.

  (2)   For the purposes of subsection   (1), the provisions are the following:

  (a)   subsection   33C(1) (export of hazardous waste--basic contravention);

  (b)   subsection   33C(2) (export in accordance with permit--basic contravention);

  (c)   subsection   33C(3) (compliance with permit conditions--basic contravention);

  (d)   subsection   33D(1) (export of hazardous waste--injury or damage);

  (e)   subsection   33D(2) (export in accordance with permit--injury or damage);

  (f)   subsection   33D(3) (compliance with permit conditions--injury or damage).

  (3)   Without limiting subsection   (1), the Minister may, under that subsection:

  (a)   order the waste to be imported; or

  (b)   specify the day on or before which anything required to be done in relation to the waste is to be done.

  (4)   An order under this section may also require the person to give the Minister (by a specified time and in a specified manner) specified information relating to the dealing with the waste.



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