(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]