Section 3
Treatment of colonies etc.
of Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, if —
(a)
a territory is covered by either of the following —
(i)
a colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country;
(ii)
a territory outside Brunei Darussalam, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory;
(b)
the foreign country is a party to the Basel Convention; and
(c)
the territory is not specified in any regulations made under this Act, the territory is taken to be a party to the Basel Convention.
Hazardous Waste (Control of Export,
Import and Transit)
(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;
(b)
a territory outside Brunei Darussalam, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; or
(c)
a territory outside Brunei Darussalam that is to some extent self-governing, but that is not recognised as an independent sovereign state by Brunei Darussalam, a person or an organisation that officially represents the territory is taken to be a competent authority of the territory.
(3)
Subsection (2) has effect despite anything in the definition of
“competent authority” in section 2(1).