MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

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

                                                                          [s 423]

              (b)    for a notice about a change to a record about land in the
                     contaminated land register—make the appropriate
                     change to the registrar’s record.

423      Offence to destroy etc. signs
        (1)   The administering authority may erect, on contaminated land,
              a sign regulating access to the land.
        (2)   However, if the contaminated land is not land for which
              particulars are recorded on the environmental management
              register or contaminated land register, the administering
              authority must, before erecting the sign, give the owner of the
              land an information notice about the decision to erect the sign.
        (3)   A sign erected on contaminated land must be erected—
              (a)    at a place where persons might reasonably be expected
                     to enter the land; and
              (b)    in a way that makes the sign visible to persons intending
                     to enter the land.
        (4)   A person must not enter the land in contravention of the sign
              unless the person has a reasonable excuse for the entry.
              Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
        (5)   A person must not destroy, damage, mark, deface or in any
              other way interfere with the sign unless the person has a
              reasonable excuse for the destruction, damage, marking,
              defacement or other interference.
              Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

424      Removal and treatment or disposal of contaminated soil
        (1)   A person must not, without a disposal permit—
              (a)    remove and treat or dispose of contaminated soil from
                     land for which particulars are recorded in the
                     environmental management register or contaminated
                     land register; or
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