296IGrounds for making orders

296I Grounds for making orders

296I Grounds for making orders

(1) The EPA may make an order (a chemical control order) prohibiting or regulating one or more of the following activities in relation to a chemical—

(a) manufacturing or processing the chemical,

(b) keeping or storing the chemical,

(c) distributing or transporting the chemical,

(d) using the chemical,

(e) selling or disposing of the chemical,

(f) an activity relating to an activity referred to in paragraphs (a)–(e).

(2) The EPA may make the order if satisfied the order is necessary to prevent or minimise an adverse effect on the environment that may result from carrying on the activity in relation to the chemical.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), an activity that results or is likely to result in the following is taken to have an adverse effect on the environment—

(a) storing the chemical in accumulating deposits,

(b) dumping or abandoning the chemical,

(c) otherwise dealing with the chemical as waste.

s 296I: Ins 2024 No 10, Sch 1[11].