(1) An occupier shall not undertake any industrial activity unless he has submitted a written report to the concerned authority containing the particulars specified in Schedule 7 at least 3 months before commencing that activity or before such shorter time as the concerned authority may agree and for the purposes of this paragraph, an activity in which subsequently there is or is liable to be a threshold quantity or more of an additional hazardous chemical shall be deemed to be a different activity and shall be notified accordingly.
(2) No report under sub-rule (1) need to be submitted by the occupier if he submits a report under rule 10(1).
8. Updating of the site notification following changes in the threshold quantity-—Where an activity has been reported in accordance with rule 7(1) and the occupier makes a change in it (including an increase or decrease in the maximum threshold quantity of a hazardous chemical to which this rule applies which is or is liable to be at the site or in the pipeline or at the cessation of the activity) which affects the particulars specified in that report or any subsequent report made under this rule. The occupier shall forthwith furnish a further report to the concerned authority.
9. Transitional provisions,—Where,—
(a) at the date of coming into operation of these rules, an occupier is in control of an existing industrial activity which is required to be reported under rule 7 (1); or
(b) within 6 months after that date an occupier commences any such new industrial activity;
it shall be a sufficient compliance with that rule if he reports to the concerned authority as per the particulars in Schedule 7 within 3 months after the date of coming into operation of these rules or within such longer time as the concerned authority may agree in writing.