Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00189:reg:13g
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00189
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13G
Character Range: 123767–125221

13G  Exportation of radioactive waste
 (1) On and after 1 January 2000, the exportation from Australia to a Pacific Island Developing Country of radioactive waste is prohibited unless a permission in writing, given by the Minister or by an authorised person, for the exportation of the waste is produced to a Collector at or before the time of exportation.
 (2) In deciding whether to give a permission under subregulation (1), the Minister, or the authorised person, must take into account the international obligations of Australia.
 (3) In this regulation:
authorised person means a person authorised in writing by the Minister to give a permission under subregulation (1).
Minister means the Minister administering the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012.
Pacific Island Developing Country means any of the following countries:
 (a) Cook Islands;
 (b) Fiji;
 (c) Kiribati;
 (d) Marshall Islands, Republic of;
 (e) Micronesia, Federated States of;
 (f) Nauru;
 (g) Niue;
 (h) Palau, Republic of;
 (i) Papua New Guinea;
 (j) Solomon Islands;
 (k) Tonga;
 (l) Tuvalu;
 (m) Vanuatu;
 (n) Western Samoa.
radioactive waste means waste consisting of material that emits ionising radiation as a result of the spontaneous transformation of the nucleus of the atom but does not include material that has an activity concentration below 1 Becquerel per gram or an activity below 1000 Becquerel.

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