Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989
4FArticle 11 arrangements—substances taken to be hazardous waste
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4F Article 11 arrangements—substances taken to be hazardous waste
(1) This section has effect for the purposes of the application of this Act: (a) to the import or proposed import of a substance or object from a particular foreign country; or (b) to the export or proposed export of a substance or object to a particular foreign country; or (c) to, or to the carrying out of, a transit proposal that involves the export of a substance or object to a particular foreign country. (2) If: (a) the country is a party to an Article 11 arrangement; and (b) the substance or object is subject to notification or control under the arrangement; and (c) apart from this section, the substance or object is not hazardous waste; the substance or object is taken to be hazardous waste for those purposes.