| (1) |
The Minister must keep a national contaminated land register of contaminated land areas that includes information on— |
| (a) |
the owners and any users of contaminated land areas; |
| (b) |
the location of contaminated land areas; |
| (c) |
the nature and origin of the said contamination: |
| (d) |
whether an contaminated land area— |
| (i) |
presents a risk to health or the environment, and must be remediated urgently; |
| (ii) |
presents a risk to health or the environment, and must be remediated within a specified period; |
| (iii) |
does not present an immediate risk, but measures are required to address the monitoring and management of that risk; and |
| (e) |
restrictions of use that have been imposed on the contaminated land areas. |
| (2) |
The Minister may change the status of the contaminated land area contemplated in subsection (1)(d)(i) or (ii) as provided for in subsection (1)(d)(iii) or (iv) if a remediation order has been complied with or other circumstances eventuate that justify such a change. |
| (3) |
An MEC who has identified a contaminated land area must furnish the relevant information to the Minister for recording in the national contaminated land register. |
[Section 41 substituted by section 70 of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act 2022, GG46602, dated 24 June 2022: Commencement by Proclamation 125, GG48869, dated 30 June 2023]
Statistics Act, 1999
