Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) (WAIGANI CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1999 1999 No. 7 - REG 3

These regulations are intended to provide for giving effect to the Convention
to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and
Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of
Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (known as the Waigani
Convention), made at Port Moresby on 16 September 1995, except so far as that
Convention relates to radioactive wastes. Note 1 The Waigani Convention is an
Article 11 arrangement under the Basel Convention Ñ see s 4C of the Act
(subject to the making of a Declaration by the Minister under that section).
The Basel Convention is set out in the Schedule to the Act. Note 2 The text of
the Convention is set out in Schedule 1 to these regulations. Note 3 The Act
does not apply to radioactive wastes Ñ the definition of hazardous waste in
the Act relies on the Basel Convention, which does not cover radioactive
wastes. The export from, and import into, Australia of radioactive wastes is
regulated under the Customs Act  1901 , the Customs (Prohibited Exports)
Regulations and the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations.