MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Chapter 7 Environmental management
Part 1 Environmental duties

[s 320]


Division 2                    Duty to notify of environmental
                              harm

Subdivision 1                 Preliminary

320        Definitions for div 2
                In this division—
                affected land means land on which an event has caused or
                threatens serious or material environmental harm.
                employer see section 320B(1).
                occupier, of affected land, means a person who lives or works
                on the affected land.
                primary activity see section 320A(1).
                public notice means a notice given in the way prescribed
                under a regulation.
                Example—
                  a radio or television broadcast
                registered owner, of affected land, means—
                (a)   the registered owner of the land under the Land Title Act
                      1994; or
                (b)   the lessee of the land under the Land Act 1994.

320A Application of div 2
          (1)   This division applies if a person—
                (a)   while carrying out an activity (the primary activity),
                      becomes aware that an event has happened that causes
                      or threatens serious or material environmental harm
                      because of the person’s or someone else’s act or
                      omission in carrying out the primary activity or another


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