3Purpose of these regulations

3 Purpose of these regulations

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—see s 4C of the Act (subject to the making of a Declaration by the Minister under that section). The Basel Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1992 No. 7 ([1992] ATS 7) and could in 2017 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 2: The Waigani Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2001 No. 17 ([2001] ATS 17) and could in 2017 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 3: The Act does not apply to radioactive wastes—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.