This Cabinet paper requests approval to amend by Order in Council, schedules 1AA and 2A of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, and Schedule 1 of the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No2) 2004, in order to meet new international obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistant Organic Pollutants.
This Cabinet paper requests approval to amend by Order in Council, schedules 1AA and 2A of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, and Schedule 1 of the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No2) 2004, in order to meet new international obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistant Organic Pollutants.
Date of briefing: 22 August 2019