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HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1989 - SECT 35A

Orders relating to transit of hazardous waste

  (1)   If a person contravenes one or more of the provisions mentioned in subsection   (2) in relation to hazardous waste, the Minister may, in writing, order the person to deal with the waste in a specified way.

  (2)   For the purposes of subsection   (1), the provisions are the following:

  (a)   subsection   33E(1) (transit of hazardous waste--basic contravention);

  (b)   subsection   33E(2) (compliance with transit permit to bring waste into Australia--basic contravention);

  (c)   subsection   33E(3) (compliance with transit permit to export waste--basic contravention);

  (d)   subsection   33E(4) (compliance with transit permit conditions--basic contravention);

  (e)   subsection   33F(1) (transit of hazardous waste--injury or damage);

  (f)   subsection   33F(2) (compliance with transit permit to bring waste into Australia--injury or damage);

  (g)   subsection   33F(3) (compliance with transit permit to export waste--injury or damage);

  (h)   subsection   33F(4) (compliance with transit permit conditions--injury or damage).

  (3)   Without limiting subsection   (1), the Minister may, under that subsection:

  (a)   order the waste to be exported; or

  (b)   specify the day on or before which anything required to be done in relation to the waste is to be done.

  (4)   An order under this section may also require the person to give the Minister (by a specified time and in a specified manner) specified information relating to the dealing with the waste.



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