Section 29: Emergency measures
consolidated text (as at 2017, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
29. Emergency measures
(1) A public officer, officer of a local authority, or any person, who is
informed or otherwise made aware of a spill shall immediately notify the
Director.
(2) Any owner of a pollutant which is spilled shall forthwith—
(a) notify the Director; and
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(b) inform the Director of—
(i) the circumstances of the spill; and
(ii) any action taken or proposed to be taken in relation to the
spill;
(c) do everything practicable to—
(i) prevent, eliminate or reduce the adverse effects of the spill;
(ii) restore the environment to the state it was in, prior to the
spill.