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4  Definitions
  In these regulations:
Act means the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989.
Convention means the Convention referred to in regulation 3.
Convention Area has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention.
Note: The Convention Area is:
"(i) the land territory, internal waters, territorial sea, continental shelf, archipelagic waters and exclusive economic zones established in accordance with international law of:

American Samoa                  Niue
Australia                       The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Cook Islands                    Republic of Palau
Federated States of Micronesia  Papua New Guinea
Fiji                            Pitcairn Islands
French Polynesia                Solomon Islands
Guam                            Tokelau
Kiribati                        Tonga
Republic of Marshall Islands    Tuvalu
Nauru                           Vanuatu
New Caledonia and Dependencies  Wallis and Futuna
New Zealand                     Western Samoa;

(ii) those areas of high seas which are enclosed from all sides by the exclusive economic zones referred to in sub‑paragraph (i);
(iii) areas of the Pacific Ocean which have been included in the Convention Area pursuant to Article 2.6;".
 (The quotation is from the definition of Convention Area in Article 1 of the Convention. Samoa is called Western Samoa in the text of the Convention as adopted in September 1995. It is therefore called by that name in the list above.)
Forum Island Country has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Convention.
Note: The following countries are the Forum Island Countries:

American Samoa                           Niue
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island  Papua New Guinea
Cook Islands                             Pitcairn Island
Federated States of Micronesia           Republic of Palau
Fiji                                     Republic of the Marshall Islands
French Polynesia                         Samoa
Guam                                     Solomon Islands
Kiribati                                 Tokelau
Nauru                                    Tonga
New Caledonia and its dependencies       Tuvalu
                                         Vanuatu
                                         Wallis and Futuna.

Party means a Party to the Convention.