Singapore legislation

Section 10

of Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997

Section 10

Article 11 arrangements — substances not classified as hazardous or other waste

(1)

This section has effect for the purposes of the application of this Act —

(a)

to the import or proposed import of a substance or object from a particular foreign country;

(b)

to the export or proposed export of a substance or object to a particular foreign country; or

(c)

to, or to the carrying out of, a transit proposal that involves the taking out of Singapore of a substance or object to a particular foreign country.

(2)

If —

(a)

the country is a party to an Article 11 arrangement; and

(b)

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.

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