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Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General
Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General
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Where the Minister, by an order published in the Gazette, declares that any country specified in the order is a party to the Basel Convention, the order, while in force, shall be evidence of that fact.
For the purposes of this Act, a certificate signed by the Minister stating that a country specified in the certificate but not specified in any order made under subsection (1) which is in force is, or was at a time specified in the certificate, a Convention country shall, upon mere production, be prima facie evidence of that fact.
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;