Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsIn these regulations:
"Act" means the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 .
"Convention" means the Convention referred to in regulation 3.
"Convention Area" has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention.
Note: The Convention Area is:
"(i) the land territory, internal waters, territorial sea, continental shelf, archipelagic waters and exclusive economic zones established in accordance with international law of:
American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Republic of Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia and Dependencies New Zealand | Niue The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Republic of Palau Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Western Samoa; |
(ii) those areas of high seas which are enclosed from all sides by the exclusive economic zones referred to in sub - paragraph ( i);
(iii) areas of the Pacific Ocean which have been included in the Convention Area pursuant to Article 2.6;".
(The quotation is from the definition of Convention Area in Article 1 of the Convention. Samoa is called Western Samoa in the text of the Convention as adopted in September 1995. It is therefore called by that name in the list above.)
"Forum Island Country" has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention.
Note: The following countries are the Forum Island Countries:
American Samoa Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Nauru New Caledonia and its dependencies | Niue Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Island Republic of Palau Republic of the Marshall Islands Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna. |
"Party" means a Party to the Convention.