Section Text
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "environment" includes water, air and land and the inter-relationship which exists among and
between water, air and land, and human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism and
property;
(b) "environmental pollutant" means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such
concentration as may be, or tend to be, injurious to environment;
(c) " environmental pollution" means the presence in the environment of any environmental
pollutant;
1[(ca) "Fund" means the Environmental Protection Fund established under section 16;]
(d) "handling", in relation to any substance, means the manufacture, processing, treatment,
package, storage, transportation, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or
the like of such substance;
(e) "hazardous substance" means any substance or preparation which, by reason of its chemical or
physico-chemical properties or handling, is liable to cause harm to human beings, other living
creatures, plants, micro-organism, property or the environment;
(f) "occupier", in relation to any factory or premises, means a person who has control over the
affairs of the factory or the premises and includes, in relation to any substance, the person in
possession of the substance;
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
1. Ins. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-4-2024).