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Rh human health and the environment against the adverse effects that may result from the waste.

Article 11 arrangements—substances taken to be hazardous or other waste

9.—(1) This section has effect for the purposes of the application of this Act—
 * (a) to the import or proposed import of a substance or object from a particular foreign country;
 * (b) to the export or proposed export of a substance or object to a particular foreign country; or
 * (c) to, or to the carrying out of, a transit proposal that involves the taking out of Singapore of a substance or object to a particular foreign country.

(2) If—
 * (a) the country is a party to an Article 11 arrangement;
 * (b) the substance or object is subject to notification or control under the arrangement; and
 * (c) apart from this section, the substance or object is not hazardous or other waste,

the substance or object is taken to be hazardous or other waste for those purposes.

Article 11 arrangements—substances not classified as hazardous or other waste

10.—(1) This section has effect for the purposes of the application of this Act—
 * (a) to the import or proposed import of a substance or object from a particular foreign country;
 * (b) to the export or proposed export of a substance or object to a particular foreign country; or