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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.360Meaning of contamination incident
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### sec.360 Meaning of contamination incident
A contamination incident is—
an incident involving contamination of the environment that the administering authority is satisfied has caused or is likely to cause serious or material environmental harm; or
the carrying out of an activity on contaminated land, the happening of an event on contaminated land, or a change in the condition of contaminated land that the administering authority is satisfied has caused or is likely to cause other land to become contaminated land; or
a combination of matters mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .
s 360 amd 2000 No. 64 s 3 (2) sch ; 2012 No. 16 s 26
sub 2024 No. 30 s 28
- (a) an incident involving contamination of the environment that the administering authority is satisfied has caused or is likely to cause serious or material environmental harm; or
- (b) the carrying out of an activity on contaminated land, the happening of an event on contaminated land, or a change in the condition of contaminated land that the administering authority is satisfied has caused or is likely to cause other land to become contaminated land; or
- (c) a combination of matters mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .