Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsWhen colony etc. is a party to the Basel Convention
(1) For the purposes of this Act, if:
(a) a territory is covered by either of the following subparagraphs:
(i) a colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country;
(ii) a territory outside Australia, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; and
(b) the foreign country is a party to the Basel Convention; and
(c) the territory is not specified in the regulations;
the territory is taken to be a party to the Basel Convention.
Competent authority of colony etc.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, if a territory is covered by any of the following paragraphs:
(a) a colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country; or
(b) a territory outside Australia, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; or
(c) a territory outside Australia that is to some extent self - governing, but that is not recognised as an independent sovereign state by Australia;
a person or organisation that officially represents the territory is taken to be a competent authority of the territory.
Subsection (2) has effect despite the definition of competent authority
(3) Subsection (2) has effect despite anything in the definition of competent authority in section 4.