PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1. This Act may be cited as the Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Antarctica” means the area south of 60° South Latitude, including all ice shelves in that area;
“Article 11 arrangement” has the meaning given to it by section 7;
“authorised officer” means a person appointed under section 16 as an authorised officer;
“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;
“Basel export permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Convention permitting the export of hazardous or other waste;
“Basel import permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Convention permitting the import of hazardous or other waste;
“Basel permit” means a Basel export permit, a Basel import permit or a Basel transit permit;
“Basel transit permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Convention permitting the carrying out of one or more transit proposals relating to hazardous or other waste;
