Section 1:

1. In this Schedule— “functions” includes duties and powers conferred by this Act; “inland waters”— (a) includes— (i) any river, watercourse, stream, lake, pond; (ii) ground waters, water in a well, borehole or any passage or adit constructed in connection with a well or borehole; (iii) effluents other than those containing hazardous substances; (b) does not include— (i) waters in the coastal and maritime zone except effluents discharged in the coastal zone; (ii) water supplied for drinking and domestic purposes; “Permanent Secretary” includes, where appropriate, the Senior Chief Executive of that Ministry; “port” means the port named “Port Louis” and delimited in the manner described in the second column of the Schedule to the Ports Act; “Port Master” has the meaning assigned to it in the Ports Act; “record” means a record of inspections, compliance monitoring exercises and information and environmental data obtained as result of such monitoring; “relevant enforcing agency” means the enforcing agency designated in respect of a medium, or the aspects of a medium, or a pollutant specified in paragraph 2; “sphere of responsibility” means the functions exercisable by an enforcing agency over the medium, or the aspects of a medium, or the pollutant specified in paragraph 3; “zone” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act.