Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
126Dealing with materials
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126 Dealing with materials
126 Dealing with materials
(1) The occupier of any premises who deals with materials in or on those premises in such a manner as to cause air pollution from those premises is guilty of an offence if the air pollution so caused, or any part of the air pollution so caused, is caused by the occupier’s failure to deal with those materials in a proper and efficient manner.
(2) In this section—
deal with materials means process, handle, move, store or dispose of the materials.
materials includes raw materials, materials in the process of manufacture, manufactured materials, by-products or waste materials.