Section 36E
Application of the Fund
of Environmental Quality Act 1974
The Fund shall be administered for the purpose of—
(a)
conducting, promoting and co-ordinating research study, environmental audit or any activity as the Minister thinks fit in relation to any aspect of pollution or the prevention thereof;
(b)
recovering of waste, or removing, dispersing, destroying, cleaning, disposing of or mitigating pollution;
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(c)
preventing or combatting the following occurrences:
(i)
a spillage discharge or dumping of oil;
(ii)
a discharge, deposit or dumping, of environmentally hazardous substances; or
(iii)
a discharge, deposit or dumping, of waste; and
(d)
encouraging conservation measures against any damage that may be caused by any of the occurrences spelt out under subparagraph (c)(i), (ii) or (iii).