Section 4 - Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (Waigani Convention) Regulations 1999 - Definitions

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In these regulations:

Act means the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989.

Convention means the Convention referred to in regulation 3.

Convention Area has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention.

Note: The Convention Area is:

“(i) the land territory, internal waters, territorial sea, continental shelf, archipelagic waters and exclusive economic zones established in accordance with international law of:

American SamoaAustraliaCook IslandsFederated States of MicronesiaFijiFrench PolynesiaGuamKiribatiRepublic of Marshall IslandsNauruNew Caledonia and DependenciesNew Zealand	NiueThe Commonwealth of Northern Mariana IslandsRepublic of PalauPapua New GuineaPitcairn IslandsSolomon IslandsTokelauTongaTuvaluVanuatuWallis and FutunaWestern Samoa;

(ii) those areas of high seas which are enclosed from all sides by the exclusive economic zones referred to in sub‑paragraph (i);
(iii) areas of the Pacific Ocean which have been included in the Convention Area pursuant to Article 2.6;”.

Note: (The quotation is from the definition of Convention Area in Article 1 of the Convention. Samoa is called Western Samoa in the text of the Convention as adopted in September 1995. It is therefore called by that name in the list above.)

Forum Island Country has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention.

Note: The following countries are the Forum Island Countries:

American SamoaCommonwealth of Northern Mariana IslandCook IslandsFederated States of MicronesiaFijiFrench PolynesiaGuamKiribatiNauruNew Caledonia and its dependencies	NiuePapua New GuineaPitcairn IslandRepublic of PalauRepublic of the Marshall IslandsSamoaSolomon IslandsTokelauTongaTuvaluVanuatuWallis and Futuna.

Party means a Party to the Convention.

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