2.01What is air pollution

#### 2.01 What is air pollution (1) For these Regulations, air pollution has occurred when a pollutant is present in air in a quantity, way, or condition, or under a circumstance, in which: (a) harm is likely to be caused to the environment; or (b) unreasonable inconvenience is likely to be caused to a person: (i) at a place other than the immediate vicinity of the source of the pollutant; or (ii) if the source is in a place to which members of the public have access—in that place. (2) For this regulation: > pollutant means: (a) a substance, generated from a stationary source, being: (i) a substance mentioned in column 2 of Table 1 in Part 1 of Schedule 1; or (ii) solid particles (for example, smoke, dust, fly ash and cinders), or liquid droplets (for example, mist and fumes), of any kind when dispersed in the air; or (b) an objectionable odour; but does not include a substance that is a pollutant only because it causes depletion of ozone in the stratosphere. > stationary source means plant or equipment that: (a) is not a vehicle; or (b) is fixed to a particular place for the purpose of carrying out its function. (3) For this regulation, unreasonable inconvenience from an odour is likely to be caused to a person if the odour: (a) is generated from something other than the ordinary operations of aircraft; and (b) is detectable, by an airport environment officer’s unassisted sense of smell, at a place mentioned in subparagraph (1)(b)(i) or (ii).