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Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989
4GArticle 11 arrangements—substances not classified as hazardous waste
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#### 4G Article 11 arrangements—substances not classified as 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 arrangement expressly provides that the substance or object is not subject to notification or control under the arrangement;
the substance or object is taken not to be hazardous waste for those purposes.