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Air Pollution Control
LN 244 of 1989 2448
First Schedule.
Application.
Authority and authorized officers.
[1987 Ed.
“chimney” includes structures and openings of any kind from or through which air pollutant may be emitted and, in particular, includes flues, and references to a chimney of a premises include references to a chimney which serves the whole or part of a premises but is structurally separate therefrom;
"engine" means an internal combustion engine;
"furnace" includes any kind of fireplace, grate or stove, whether open or closed and any structure enclosing a chamber where combustion takes place;
"industrial plant" includes any plant, whether fixed or movable, used for industrial or trade purposes, and also includes any incinerator used for or in connection with any such purposes;
"licence" means a licence granted under section 15;
"licence holder" means the holder of a valid licence;
"noxious or offensive emission" means a noxious or offensive emission designated by regulations made under section 43(1)(a);
“owner”, in relation to premises, includes any lessee or occupier thereof, and any person carrying on any specified process thereon or therein;
“oven” includes any form of retort or container used to subject solid fuel to any process involving the application of heat;
"prejudicial to health” means injurious, or likely to cause injury, to health;
"premises" include any part of premises and any place or relevant plant;
"register" means the register required to be kept under section 39;
"relevant plant" means any furnace, engine, oven or industrial plant;
Planning Environment and Lands "Secretary" means the Secretary for Health and Welfare,
"specified process" means a process specified in the First Schedule.
3. Except to the extent provided by section 43(1)(p) nothing in this Ordinance shall apply to any air pollutant emitted from any furnace or engine used in the propulsion of any vessel, motor vehicle, railway locomotive or aircraft.
4. (1) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance, the Governor may appoint a public officer to be the air pollution control authority.
(2) An appointment under subsection (1) shall be notified in the Gazette.
(3) The Authority may authorize in writing any public officer to perform or exercise all or any of the functions, duties or powers which are imposed or conferred on the Authority by this Ordinance.
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