Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act, 2016 🇬🇭

Ghana Repealed: 2025-01-06

Repeal Notice

This legislation was repealed on 2025-01-06 by Environmental Protection Act, 2025

Republic of Ghana

The nine hundred and seventeenth

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana

entitled

Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act, 2016

Published by Government Gazette on 10 August 2016
Assented to on 10 August 2016
Commenced on 10 August 2016

[Repealed on 6 January 2025 by Environmental Protection Act, 2025 (Act 1124 of 2025)]

AN ACT to provide for the control, management and disposal of hazardous waste, electrical and electronic waste and for related purposes.PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President:

Part ONE – HAZARDOUS WASTES AND OTHER WASTES

Control and Management of Hazardous Wastes and Other Waste

1. Prohibited acts

(1)For purposes of this Act, hazardous wastes and other wastes are wastes specified in the First Schedule.

(2)A person shall not except as otherwise provided in this Act

(a)import or cause hazardous wastes or other wastes to be imported into the country

(b)export or cause hazardous wastes or other wastes to be exported out of the coun…

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