Environmental Quality Act 1974 · Updated to 7 Jul 2024 · Part V · Appeal and Appeal Board
36E. Application of the Fund
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Fund shall be administered for the purpose of—
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;
environmental audit
“environmental audit” means a periodic, systematic, documented and objective evaluation to determine— (a) the compliance status to environmental regulatory requirements; (b) the environmental management system; and (c) the overall environmental risk of the premises;
recovering of waste, or removing, dispersing, destroying, cleaning, disposing of or mitigating pollution;
waste
“waste” includes any matter prescribed to be scheduled waste, or any matter whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour which is emitted, discharged or deposited in the environment in such volume, composition or manner as to cause pollution. Environmental Quality 17
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preventing or combatting the following occurrences:
a spillage discharge or dumping of oil;
oil
“oil” means— (a) crude oil, diesel oil, fuel oil and lubricating oil; and (b) any other description of oil which may be prescribed by the Minister;
a discharge, deposit or dumping, of environmentally hazardous substances; or
a discharge, deposit or dumping, of waste; and
encouraging conservation measures against any damage that may be caused by any of the occurrences spelt out under subparagraph (c)(i), (ii) or (iii).
Terms defined in s 2
environmental audit
Defined · s 2“environmental audit” means a periodic, systematic, documented and objective evaluation to determine— (a) the compliance status to environmental regulatory requirements; (b) the environmental management system; and (c) the overall environmental risk of the premises;
environmentally hazardous substances
Defined · s 2“environmentally hazardous substances” means any natural or artificial substances including any raw material, whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour, or in a mixture of at least two of these substances, or any living organism intended for any environmental protection, conservation and control activity, which can cause pollution;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for environment protection;
oil
Defined · s 2“oil” means— (a) crude oil, diesel oil, fuel oil and lubricating oil; and (b) any other description of oil which may be prescribed by the Minister;
pollution
Defined · s 2“pollution” means an act or process, whether natural or artificial, resulting in the introduction of any pollutant into the environment in contravention of the acceptable conditions as specified in the regulations made under section 21;
waste
Defined · s 2“waste” includes any matter prescribed to be scheduled waste, or any matter whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour which is emitted, discharged or deposited in the environment in such volume, composition or manner as to cause pollution. Environmental Quality 17
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