18. Power of Director-General to require the removal and cleaning up of toxic substance or trade effluent, oil, chemical, sewage, hazardous substance or other polluting matters

Terms defined in s 2

• Director-General

  Director-General

  Defined · s 2

  “Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);

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• drain

  drain

  Defined · s 2

  “drain” includes any watercourse or river;

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• hazardous substance

  hazardous substance

  Defined · s 2

  “hazardous substance” means any of the substances specified in the first column of Part I of the Second Schedule but does not include —(a)the substance when contained in any substance, preparation or product specified in the second column of that Part corresponding to that substance; or(b)the substance when contained in any substance, preparation or product specified in Part II of that Schedule;

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• sewage

  sewage

  Defined · s 2

  “sewage” has the meaning given by the Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999;

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• toxic substance

  toxic substance

  Defined · s 2

  “toxic substance” means any trade effluent, chemical, oil or any other substance which is noxious, injurious or polluting;

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• trade effluent

  trade effluent

  Defined · s 2

  “trade effluent” means any liquid, either with or without particles of matter suspended in the liquid, which is the outflow from any trade, business or manufacture or of any works of engineering or building construction;

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