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Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation (Prohibition) Act 1999.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Western Australia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to prohibit the storage, disposal or transportation in Western Australia of certain nuclear waste, to amend the nuclear Activities Regulation Act 1978 and the Radiation Safety Act 1975, and for other purposes.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous waste Waste disposal Waste management Transport/storage
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 7 December 1999.
Abstract

This Act aims to protect the health, welfare and safety of people and to protect the environment by prohibiting the establishment of nuclear waste storage facilities in the State, the use of any place in the State for the storage or disposal of nuclear waste and the transportation in the State of nuclear waste.

Full text
English
Website
www7.austlii.edu.au