Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1989 - SECT 16B

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the application is for a Basel permit; and

  (b)   the Minister thinks that it will take more than 60 days to decide whether to grant the permit;

the Minister may extend the decision period by up to a further 60 days.

  (2)   The Minister must give written notice of any extension under subsection   (1) to each of the following as soon as practicable:

  (a)   the applicant;

  (b)   in the case of an application for a Basel import permit--the competent authority of the country from which the permit authorises the import of hazardous waste;

  (c)   in the case of a Basel export permit--the following:

  (i)   the competent authority of the country to which the permit authorises the export of hazardous waste (the receiving country );

  (ii)   the competent authority of each country (if any) through which the permit authorises the hazardous waste to be transported in order to export it to the receiving country.