Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Hazardous Substances Control
24. Storage, use and dealing of hazardous substances
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hazardous substance
“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;
In any proceedings under this section, if any person is proved to have kept or had in the person’s possession or under the person’s control any hazardous substance, the person is presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have done so knowingly.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.