Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) (WAIGANI CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 10

  (1)   Sections   12 and 13B, and Divisions   3 and 4 of Part   2, of the Act are taken to apply in relation to a Waigani import permit, or an application for such a permit, as if:

  (a)   a reference to the Basel Convention were a reference to the Waigani Convention; and

  (b)   a reference to a Basel permit or a Basel import permit were a reference to a Waigani import permit; and

  (c)   provisions that apply only in relation to an export permit, or an application for such a permit, were omitted.

  (2)   Also, the Minister must not grant a Waigani import permit unless:

  (a)   the applicant has notified the countries concerned (within the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention) of the relevant proposal, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention; and

  (b)   each such country has consented to the proposal, in accordance with that Article; and

  (c)   the Minister is satisfied that the waste will not be dumped at sea within the Convention Area.