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16 (3) For the purposes of this section, an eligible person shall be any public officer or any officer of a statutory body. PART III IMPORT, EXPORT AND TRANSIT PERMITS Regulations to give effect to Basel Convention

17. The Minister may make regulations to provide for and in relation to giving effect to—
 * (a) the Basel Convention; and
 * (b) any amendment or protocol to the Basel Convention which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government.

Contents of regulations made to give effect to Basel Convention

18.—(1) Any regulations made under section 17 to give effect to the Basel Convention may—
 * (a) specify the kinds of import proposals, export proposals and transit proposals that are within the scope of the Basel Convention;
 * (b) provide for the application to the Director for import permits and the granting of import permits by the Director authorising the import of hazardous and other waste, where the permit relates to an import proposal within the scope of the Basel Convention;
 * (c) provide for the application to the Director for export permits and the granting of export permits by the Director authorising the export of hazardous or other waste, where the permit relates to an export proposal within the scope of the Basel Convention; and
 * (d) provide for the application to the Director for transit permits and the granting of transit permits by the Director authorising the carrying out of transit proposals within the scope of the Basel Convention.