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4  Definitions
  In this instrument:
Act means the Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020.
assembled product has the same meaning as in the Minamata Convention.
mercury‑added products means the products listed in Part 1 of Annex A to the Minamata Convention that contain mercury, but does not include:
 (a) products essential for civil protection and military uses; or
 (b) products for research, calibration of instrumentation, or for use as reference standards; or
 (c) if no feasible mercury‑free alternative for replacement is available—the following:
 (i) switches and relays;
 (ii) cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps for electronic displays;
 (iii) measuring devices; or
 (d) products used in traditional or religious practices; or
 (e) vaccines containing thiomersal as preservatives.
Minamata Convention means the Minamata Convention on Mercury done at Minamata on 10 October 2013, as in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Convention could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Part 2—Prohibition on manufacture, import and export of mercury‑added products and incorporation of mercury‑added products