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 titleAn 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