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This same Regulatory Authority shall be responsible for the

implementation and enforcement of this Law. It shall, in consultation and

co-ordination with the appropriate national authorities of the government,

formulate and adopt rules, regulations, schemes, and guidelines in order to

carry out the scope, purpose and objectives of this Law as set out in Part I

Part IV Exporting of Hazardous Wastes

1.

The Regulatory Authority shall not permit exports of hazardous wastes

and other wastes in the following circumstances/cases:

a)

If such wastes can be re-cycled or re-used locally in an

environmentally sound manner;

b)

If such wastes can be disposed off locally in an environmentally

sound manner;

c) To any point south of 60 degrees South latitude;

d)

To any State which has imposed a ban on the import of such wastes

and has so notified this State or the secretariat of the Basel

Convention ;

e) To any State which cannot provide assurance as to its capacity to

dispose off such wastes in an environmentally sound manner;

f) To any State which is not a Party to the Basel Convention.