6No export to Forum Island Country etc

6 No export to Forum Island Country etc

Nothing in these regulations or Division 3 or 4 of Part 2, of the Act (as taken to apply in relation to an application by regulation 10 or 11), authorises the Minister to grant: (a) an export permit for the export of hazardous waste to: (i) a Forum Island Country; or (ii) a territory (other than an Other Party, within the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention) within the Convention Area; or (b) an import permit for the import of hazardous waste from a country within the Convention Area that is not a Party to the Convention; or (c) a transit permit for the transit of hazardous waste from, or to, a country within the Convention Area that is not a Party to the Convention.

Note 1: Other Party means Australia and New Zealand, which are Parties to the Convention, but are not Forum Island Countries.

Note 2: See Article 4 of the Convention.

Note 3: In addition, the Act directs the Minister not to grant a special export permit, a special import permit, or a special transit permit if the Minister is satisfied that the grant could result in hazardous waste being brought into Antarctica—see the Act, s 13F.