Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00981:reg:12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00981
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 12
Character Range: 18310–20400

12  Acknowledgment and notification
 (1) Within 3 working days after receiving an application for a special permit, the Minister must give the applicant written acknowledgment of the receipt.
 (2) Within 3 working days after receiving notification from the competent authority of an OECD country of an import proposal, the Minister must give the competent authority written acknowledgment of the receipt.
 (3) If notification is not received from the competent authority of an OECD country about a particular import proposal, the Minister must give the competent authority written notice of the receipt of an application for the special import permit to which the proposal relates, within 3 working days after receiving the application.
 (4) Within 5 working days after receiving an application for a special export permit, the Minister must give:
 (a) the competent authority of the importing country for the permit; and
 (b) the competent authority of each transit country (if any) for the waste to which the application relates;
a written notice that sets out the information mentioned in subregulation (5) about the application.
 (5) For the purposes of subregulation (4), the information about an application for a special export permit is the following:
 (a) the fact that the application has been received;
 (b) the waste to which the application relates;
 (c) full details (including name, business address and telephone number) of:
 (i) the applicant; and
 (ii) the proposed recipient of the waste; and
 (iii) if the proposed recipient is not a recovery facility—the recovery facility at which the waste is proposed to undergo a recovery operation;
 (d) for a notice to the competent authority of the importing country for the permit—the transit countries for the waste;
 (e) for a notice to the competent authority of a transit country for the waste—the importing country for the permit and any other transit countries for the waste;
 (f) the time when, or period during which, the export is proposed to occur.

Part 3—Grant of special permits

Division 1—Special export permits