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Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 31
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31  Application and transitional provisions—Basel permits

Granting Basel permits
(1) The amendments of Division 3 of Part 2 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989, made by this Part, apply in relation to the following:
 (a) an application for a Basel permit made on or after the commencement of this Part;
 (b) an application for a Basel permit made before the commencement of this Part if the application is varied on or after the commencement of this Part.
(2) Any regulations:
 (a) made for the purposes of subsection 15A(3) of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Part; and
 (b) in force immediately before that commencement;
continue in force (and may be dealt with) as if they had been made for the purposes of subsection 16A(1) of that Act as inserted by this Act.

Revoking or varying Basel permits
(3) The amendments of Division 4 of Part 2 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989, made by this Part, apply in relation to the following:
 (a) a decision on or after the commencement of this Part whether to revoke a Basel permit;
 (b) an application made on or after the commencement of this Part for a variation of a Basel permit;
 (c) a decision, on the Minister's own initiative, on or after the commencement of this Part whether to vary a Basel permit.
(4) Any regulations:
 (a) made for the purposes of subsection 28A(2) of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Part; and
 (b) in force immediately before that commencement;
continue in force (and may be dealt with) as if they had been made for the purposes of subsection 26C(1) of that Act as inserted by this Act.

Part 4—Publication of certain particulars

Division 1—Amendments

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989