Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Amendment of section 5

Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) If —

(a)

the foreign country is a party to the Basel Convention; and

(b)

the prescribed website of the Secretariat of the Basel Convention states that the particular substance or object is, in particular circumstances, classified as hazardous or other waste under a law of that foreign country that gives effect to the Basel Convention,then that substance or object is, in those circumstances, hazardous or other waste for those purposes.”.