Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) (OECD DECISION) REGULATIONS 1996

- made under the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of regulations  
   3.       Object  
   4.      Interpretation  
   5.      Meaning of appropriate insurance  
   6.      Wastes destined for recovery operations that require control procedures to allow transboundary movement  
   7.      Other wastes including wastes not listed in Appendix 3 or Appendix 4 of the OECD Decision  
   8.      Mixtures of wastes  
   8A.     Transboundary movement of wastes for laboratory analysis  

   PART 2--APPLICATIONS--FOR SPECIAL PERMITS

   9.      Application for special permit  
   10.     Variation of applications  
   11.     Minister may request further information about an application  
   12.     Acknowledgment and notification  

   PART 3--GRANT--OF SPECIAL PERMITS

           Division 1--Special export permits

   13.     Period for making decision on permit application--default period  
   14.     Decision on permit application  
   15.     Period for making a decision on a permit application--extension for competent authority consents  
   15A.    Period for making a decision on a permit application--extension on Minister's initiative  
   15B.    Period for making a decision on a permit application--extension agreed with applicant  
   16.     Grant of special export permit  
   17.     Commencement and duration of special export permits  
   18.     Matters to be specified in permit  

           Division 2--Special import permits

   19.     Period for making a decision on a permit application--default period  
   20.     Decision on permit application  
   21.     Period for making a decision on a permit application--extension on Minister's initiative  
   22.     Period for making a decision on a permit application--extension agreed with applicant  
   23.     Grant of special import permit  
   24.     Commencement and duration of special import permits  
   25.     Matters to be specified in permit  

           Division 3--Special transit permits

   26.     Period for making a decision on a permit application--default period  
   27.     Decision on permit application  
   28.     Period for making a decision on a permit application--extension on Minister's initiative  
   28A.    Period for making a decision on a permit application--extension agreed with applicant  
   29.     Grant of special transit permit  
   30.     Commencement and duration of special transit permits  
   31.     Matters to be specified in permit  

           Division 4--Special permit conditions

   32.     Movement/Tracking form to accompany shipment of waste  
   33.     Other conditions specified in special permits  

   PART 4--REVOCATION--, SURRENDER AND VARIATION OF SPECIAL PERMITS

           Division 1--Revoking special permits

   34.     Revoking special permits--grounds  
   34A.    Revoking special permits--notice of proposed revocation  
   34B.    Notice of revocation  
   34C.    Exhaustive statement of natural justice hearing rule  

           Division 2--Surrendering special permits

   35.     Surrender of permits  

           Division 3--Varying special permits

              Subdivision A--Varying special permits: on application

   36.     Varying special permits on application  
   37.     Minister may request further information about application  
   38.     Acknowledgment and notification  
   39.     Period for making a decision on an application to vary a special permit--default period  
   40.     Period for making a decision on an application to vary a special permit--extension for special export permits  
   40A.    Period for making a decision on an application to vary a special permit--extension on Minister's initiative  
   40B.    Period for making a decision on an application to vary a special permit--extension agreed with applicant  
   40C.    Notice of variation  

              Subdivision B--Varying special permits: on Minister's initiative

   41.     Varying special permits on Minister's initiative--grounds  
   41A.    Varying special permits--notice of proposed variation  
   41B.    Notice of variation  
   41C.    Exhaustive statement of natural justice hearing rule  

   PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS

   42.     Pre - consent of recovery facilities  
   43.     Review of decisions  

   PART 6--APPLICATION--AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1--Transitional matters relating to the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Legislation Amendment Regulations 2021

   44.     Application of amendments--special permits