Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00489:section:4:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00489
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 3/6)
Character Range: 17929–20722

does not include wastes covered by paragraph 3 or 4 of Article 1 of the Basel Convention.
Note 1: Section 4A provides for an extended meaning of hazardous waste. The extended meaning relates to the following matters:
            (a) a case where a foreign country has classified a particular substance or object as hazardous waste;
            (b) a case where a foreign country has classified waste collected from households as hazardous waste.
Note 2: Section 4F provides for an extended meaning of hazardous waste. The extended meaning relates to substances or objects subject to notification or control under Article 11 arrangements.
Note 3: Section 4G provides for exclusions from the definition of hazardous waste. The exclusions relate to substances or objects not subject to notification or control under Article 11 arrangements.
holder, in relation to a Basel permit or a special permit, means the person to whom the permit was granted.
household waste means waste collected from households, but does not include waste specified in the regulations.
identity card, in relation to an inspector, means an identity card issued to the inspector under section 35 or 76 of the Regulatory Powers Act to the extent that either of those sections applies in relation to a provision of this Act.
import means import into Australia.
import permit means:
 (a) a Basel import permit; or
 (b) a special import permit.
import proposal means a proposal to import hazardous waste and to deal with it in Australia.
inspector means a person appointed under section 42 as an inspector.
OECD country means a country that is a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development under the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development done at Paris on 14 December 1960.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1971 No. 11 ([1971] ATS 11) and could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
officer of Customs has the same meaning as in the Customs Act 1901.
official has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
original export proposal, in relation to a variation application relating to a Basel export permit, means an export proposal in relation to which the permit was granted, as affected by any variation of the permit that has already been made.
original import proposal, in relation to a variation application relating to a Basel import permit, means an import proposal in relation to which the permit was granted, as affected by any variation of the permit that has already been made.
original transit proposal, in relation to a variation application relating to a Basel transit permit, means a transit proposal in relation to which the