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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 363M

Who are the prescribed persons for a contamination incident

363M Who are the prescribed persons for a contamination incident

For this part, each of the following persons is a
"prescribed person" for a contamination incident—

(a) a person causing or permitting, or who caused or permitted, the incident to happen;
(b) a person who, at the time of the incident, is or was—
(i) the occupier of a place at or from which the incident is happening or happened; or
(ii) the owner, or person in control, of a contaminant involved in the incident;
(ba) for a contamination incident mentioned in section 363F , definition contamination incident , paragraph (b) —a prescribed responsible person for the land to which the incident relates;
(c) if a cost recovery notice is issued to a corporation (the
"first corporation" ) in relation to the incident and it fails to pay the amount claimed under the notice—
(i) a parent corporation of the first corporation; and
(ii) an executive officer of the first corporation.



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