Legal Liability of Automatic Instrument Results in Environmental Laboratory Analysis

Abstract

The environment is an essential part of human life. Hence, to protect the environment, the application of environmental permits is necessary. Renewable technology has been chosen by several laboratories as an effort to improve services to be fast and precise. This study aims to determine the legal basis and responsibility of errors found in the results of automated instrument analyses in an environmental laboratory. This research was conducted by interviewing Semarang District Court judges, legal experts, environmental experts, and literature study. The data was processed descriptively and analytically using a sociological and juridical approach. Legal liability for errors in the results of environmental laboratories was based on Indonesian Civil Code Article 1234 and Article 1365, with legal responsibility placed to the consumer, laboratory staff, or laboratory organizer by taking account of the source of the error.