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a place mentioned in subparagraph (1)(b)(i) or (ii).

2.02  What is water pollution
 (1) For these Regulations, water pollution has occurred when waters contain a substance or organism:
 (a) that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, the physical, chemical or biological condition of the waters to be adversely affected; or
 (b) that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, an adverse effect on beneficial use of the waters.
 (2) For subregulation (1), waters contain a polluting substance if:
 (a) the substance is dissolved in the waters; or
 (b) whether or not the substance is capable of uniformly mixing with water—it is:
 (i) suspended or otherwise dispersed in the waters; or
 (ii) floating on the surface of the waters; or
 (iii) deposited on the bed of the waters.
 (3) In this regulation:
adverse effect includes the effects so described in Schedule 2.
beneficial use means a use conducive to public health, safety, aesthetic enjoyment or other benefit.
waters means marine, estuarine or fresh waters, and includes:
 (a) a body of water; and
 (b) a natural watercourse; and
 (c) a swamp or wetland; and
 (d) groundwater; and
 (e) water in a channel, drain, pipe or other artificial holding facility (unless it is water in a system for the passage of sewage, or for the passage or trapping of pollution).

2.03  What is soil pollution
 (1) For these Regulations, soil pollution has occurred when land, including subterranean groundwater, is contaminated by a substance:
 (a) that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, the chemical or biological condition of the soil to be adversely affected; or
 (b) that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, an adverse effect on present use of the land concerned, or a proposed use under a final master plan in force for the airport, because it is, or is reasonably likely to be:
 (i) unsafe or unfit for human habitation or occupation; or
 (ii) in any other respect, harmful to the health or welfare of human beings; or
 (iii) significantly offensive to human senses; or
 (c) that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, an adverse effect on the land concerned, because:
 (i) the land supports native flora or fauna; and
 (ii) the substance degrades the capacity of the land to support the flora or fauna; or
 (d) that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, an adverse effect on beneficial use of any subterranean groundwater; or
 (e) that causes, or is reasonably likely to cause, an adverse effect on beneficial use, of adjacent land in accordance with a final master plan in force for the airport.
 (1A) Paragraphs (1)(b) and (e), and the rest of these Regulations so far as they are affected by either of those