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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 58591 |
| CIS number |
92-1068 |
| Year |
1961 |
| Convention or series no. |
CCH Australia 61-700
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| Title |
Clean Air Act 1961 [Australia - New South Wales] |
| Bibliographic information |
In: Australian Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare, CCH Australia Ltd., CNR Talavera & Khartoum Roads, Box 230, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, Vol.2, 20p. (pages numbered 57,951 - 58,034). |
| Abstract |
Consolidated version of this law (assented to on 15 Dec. 1961, effective 1 May 1962, and including amendments till 1988) which relates to the prevention or minimisation of air pollution, whether due to industrial or other causes. It covers: duty of occupiers of premises to maintain and operate pollution control equipment; obligation of occupiers not to exceed prescribed standards of air impurities and not to emit odours; prohibition to carry out certain kinds of work except in accordance with pollution control approval; right of the State Pollution Control Commission to issue notices ordering the installation of pollution-control equipment; special requirements of non-scheduled premises; control and construction of scheduled (fuel-burning) equipment; measurement of pollution; prohibition of polluting processes in certain areas; burning of refuse; penalties; powers of authorised officers; sampling of tanker loads. In annex: prescribed uses, equipment and plant. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Australia; atmospheric pollution; pollution control; New South Wales |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
fuel burning equipment; waste disposal; law; odour pollution; environmental pollution |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | New South Wales |
| Subject(s) |
Laws
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Air pollution
Pollution control
Environmental pollution
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