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Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Preliminary
Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Preliminary
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
This section has effect for the purposes of the application of this
Act to —
the import or proposed import of a substance or object from a particular foreign country;
the export or proposed export of a substance or object to a particular foreign country; or
or to the carrying out of, a transit proposal that involves the taking out of Brunei Darussalam of a substance or object to a particular foreign country.
If —
the country is a party to an Article 11 arrangement; and
the arrangement expressly provides that the substance or object is not subject to notification or control under the arrangement, the substance or object is taken not to be hazardous or other waste for those purposes.
Article 11 arrangement
“Article 11 arrangement” has the meaning given to it by section 7;
foreign country
“foreign country” includes — (a) a colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country; (b) a territory outside Brunei Darussalam, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; and (c) a territory outside Brunei Darussalam that is to some extent self-governing, but that is not recognised as an independent sovereign state by Brunei Darussalam;
transit proposal
“transit proposal” has the meaning given to it by section 6; Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit)
waste
“waste” means a substance or object that is — (a) proposed to be disposed of; (b) disposed of; or (c) required by any written law to be disposed of.
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