16APeriod for making decision on application for Basel permit—extensions for Basel export permits

#### 16A Period for making decision on application for Basel permit—extensions for Basel export permits (1) If the application is for a Basel export permit, then within 21 days after the day of receiving the application, the Minister must notify: (a) the competent authority of the country to which hazardous waste is to be exported under the permit (the receiving country); and (b) the competent authority of each country (if any) (a transit country) through which the hazardous waste is to be transported in order to export it to the receiving country; of such information about the application as is required by regulations made for the purposes of this subsection. (2) If, at the end of the 46th day of the decision period, either: (a) the competent authority of the receiving country has neither given nor refused written consent to the grant of the permit; or (b) a competent authority of a transit country notified under paragraph (1)(b) has neither given nor refused written consent to the grant of the permit; the decision period is paused until the earlier of: (c) the latest day such a refusal or consent is given by a competent authority covered by paragraph (a) or (b); and (d) 12 months after the day the Minister receives the application. (3) If a foreign country is a party to the Basel Convention, a reference in subsection (2) to a consent given by the competent authority of the country is a reference to a consent given in accordance with Article 6 of the Basel Convention.