Singapore legislation
Clause 3
of Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Bill
Clause 3
Treatment of colonies, etc.
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, if —
a territory is covered by either of the following subparagraphs:
a colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country;
a territory outside Singapore, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory;
the foreign country is a party to the Basel Convention; and
the territory is not specified in any regulations made under this Act,the territory is taken to be a party to the Basel Convention.
(2)
For the purposes of this Act, if a territory is covered by any of the following paragraphs:
a colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country;
a territory outside Singapore, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; or
a territory outside Singapore that is to some extent self-governing, but that is not recognised as an independent sovereign state by Singapore,a person or an organisation that officially represents the territory is taken to be a competent authority of the territory.
(3)
Subsection (2) has effect despite anything in the definition of “competent authority” in section 2(1).