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Rh (3) If an application or a notice given to the Director under this Act is not accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any), the application or notice is to be taken not to have been received by the Director until the fee has been paid.

(4) The Director may determine in writing that the prescribed fee payable in relation to a specified application or a specified notice is reduced by a specified amount.

(5) The determination has effect accordingly. PART IV REGULATION OF IMPORT, EXPORT AND TRANSIT OF HAZARDOUS AND OTHER WASTES Prohibition of import

25.—(1) A person shall not import hazardous or other waste unless—
 * (a) the person is the holder of an import permit authorising the person to import the waste;
 * (b) the import is authorised by an order made under any regulation made under Part III; or
 * (c) the import has been ordered under any regulation made under Part III.

(2) The holder of an import permit shall not—
 * (a) import the hazardous or other waste to which the permit relates except in accordance with the permit; or
 * (b) whether before or after importing the hazardous or other waste to which the permit relates, breach any of the permit conditions.

(3) A person authorised by an order made under any regulation made under Part III to import hazardous or other waste shall not import or deal with the waste except in accordance with the order.

(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction—