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SECTION I

Answer questions in one or two sentences

any 6 of 8 · 12 Marks

1.Define "Occupier " as defined under the Environment Protection Act, 1986.[2]

Answer

Definition. Under section 2(f) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, an "occupier" is defined in two ways.

Of a factory or premises. A person who has control over the affairs of the factory or premises.
Of a substance. It includes the person in possession of the substance.

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Control decides. The person who in fact runs the factory is its occupier, whether or not he owns it.
"Includes" widens it. A person holding a hazardous substance is an occupier as to that substance. He need not run any factory.
One of several. A company and its manager may both answer to the authorities in different ways.

Why the second limb fits this Act. The EPA regulates the handling of hazardous substances under section 8. Such substances are often stored or moved by people who run no factory. Making the person in possession an occupier brings them within the Act.

Duties falling on the occupier.

Section 10. Officers may enter premises for inspection. Everyone carrying on an industry or handling a hazardous substance there must assist them.
Section 11. Before a sample is taken, notice of intention to have it analysed is served on the occupier or his agent.
Rules. The hazardous waste and bio-medical waste rules place many duties on the occupier, such as obtaining authorisation.

Same words elsewhere. The Water Act and the Air Act define "occupier" in the same terms.

In short. The occupier is whoever controls the premises, or possesses the substance.

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SECTION I

1.Define "Occupier " as defined under the Environment Protection Act, 1986.[2]

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