Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Preliminary
4. Meaning of hazardous and other wastes
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to section 5, for the purposes of this Act —
“hazardous waste” means —
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.
waste prescribed by any regulations made under this
Act, where the waste has any of the characteristics mentioned in Annex III to the Basel Convention; or
Basel Convention
“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;
waste that belongs to any category contained in Annex I to the Basel Convention, unless it does not possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex III to that
Convention;
“other waste” means —
household waste; or
household waste
“household waste” means waste collected from households, but does not include such waste as may be specified in any regulations made under this Act;
residues arising from the incineration of household waste, but hazardous and other wastes do not include wastes which derive from the normal operations of a ship and radioactive wastes.
Hazardous Waste (Control of Export,
Import and Transit)
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;
household waste
Defined · s 2“household waste” means waste collected from households, but does not include such waste as may be specified in any regulations made under this Act;
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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