Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00088:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00088
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 7250–8418

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.