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10 the territory is taken to be a party to the Basel Convention.

(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 Singapore, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; or
 * (c) a territory outside Singapore that is to some extent selfgoverning, but that is not recognised as an independent sovereign state by Singapore,

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).

Meaning of hazardous and other wastes

4. 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.