Section 4
Meaning of hazardous and other wastes
of Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act
Subject to section 5, for the purposes of this Act —
(a)
“hazardous waste” means —
(i)
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
(ii)
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;
(b)
“other waste” means —
(i)
household waste; or
(ii)
residues arising from the incineration of household waste, but hazardous and other wastes do not include wastes which derive from the normal operations of a ship and radioactive wastes.
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