MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                 Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                              Chapter 7 Environmental management
                                                          Part 8 Contaminated land

                                                                           [s 397]

397      Notice to be given of decision made about validation
         report
        (1)   The administering authority must, within 8 business days after
              making its decision give written notice of the decision to—
              (a)    the land’s owner; and
              (b)    if a person other than the land’s owner submitted the
                     report—the other person; and
              (c)    if the decision is to record particulars of the land in, or
                     remove particulars of the land from, the environmental
                     management register or contaminated land register—the
                     relevant local government; and
              (d)    if the decision is about land for which particulars are
                     recorded in the contaminated land register—any
                     registered mortgagee of the land.
        (2)   The notice must state—
              (a)    the reasons for the decision; and
              (b)    if the decision is to record, or to continue to record,
                     particulars of the land in the environmental management
                     register or contaminated land register—the review or
                     appeal details.
        (3)   Also, if the administering authority removes particulars of the
              land from the environmental management register or
              contaminated land register, the notice to the following persons
              must be accompanied by a suitability statement for the land—
              (a)    the land’s owner;
              (b)    if a person other than the land’s owner submitted the
                     report—the other person.

398      Administering authority may require another report or
         additional information
        (1)   If the administering authority is satisfied the validation report
              does not adequately address the relevant matters for the
              remediation works to which it relates, it may require the
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