Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Import, Export and Transit Permits
17. Contents of regulations made to give effect to Basel Convention
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Any regulations made under section 16 to give effect to the Basel
Convention may —
specify the kinds of import proposals, export proposals and transit proposals that are within the scope of the Basel Convention;
provide for the application to the Director for import permits and the granting of import permits by the Director authorising the import of hazardous and other waste, where the permit relates to an import proposal within the scope of the Basel Convention;
provide for the application to the Director for export permits and the granting of export permits by the Director authorising the export of hazardous or other waste, where the permit relates to an export proposal within the scope of the Basel Convention; and
provide for the application to the Director for transit permits and the granting of transit permits by the Director authorising the carrying out of transit proposals within the scope of the Basel
Convention.
Such regulations may provide for —
conditions of the Basel permits, including the giving of guarantees and security deposits, and for securing compliance with such conditions; and
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the revocation, surrender and variation of Basel permits.
This section does not, by implication, limit sections 16 and 47.
Terms defined in s 2
Basel Convention
Defined · s 2“Basel Convention” means the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and any amendment or protocol thereto which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule;
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Environment, Parks and Recreation referred to in section 14 and includes the Deputy Director and Assistant Directors;
export proposal
Defined · s 2“export proposal” means a proposal to export hazardous or other waste and to deal with it outside Brunei Darussalam;
import proposal
Defined · s 2“import proposal” means a proposal to import hazardous or other waste and to deal with it in Brunei Darussalam;
waste
Defined · s 2“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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