Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
4. Meaning of hazardous and other wastes
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Subject to section 5, for the purposes of this Act —
“hazardous waste” means —
waste
“waste” means a substance or object that is —(a)proposed to be disposed of;(b)disposed of; or(c)required by any written law to be disposed of.
waste prescribed by any regulations made under this Act, where the waste has any of the characteristics mentioned in Annex III to the Basel Convention; or
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 to the Convention that 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;
waste that belongs to any category contained in Annex I to the Basel Convention, unless it does not possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex III to that Convention;
“other waste” means waste that belongs to any category contained in Annex II to the Basel Convention,but hazardous and other wastes do not include wastes which derive from the normal operations of a ship and radioactive wastes.