s 3 Treatment of colonies, etc.
3.—(1) For the purposes of this Act, if —(a) a territory is covered by either of the following subparagraphs:(i) a colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country; (ii) a territory outside Singapore, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; (b) the foreign country is a party to the Basel Convention; and (c) the territory is not specified in any regulations made under this Act, the territory is taken to be a party to the Basel Convention. (2) For the purposes of this Act, if a territory is covered by any of the following paragraphs:(a) a colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country; (b) a territory outside Singapore, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; or (c) a territory outside Singapore that is to some extent self‑governing, but that is not recognised as an independent sovereign state by Singapore, a person or an organisation that officially represents the territory is taken to be a competent authority of the territory. (3) Subsection (2) has effect despite anything in the definition of “competent authority” in section 2(1).