Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
47Statutory site audits
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47 Statutory site audits
47 Statutory site audits
In this Part, a reference to a statutory site audit is a reference to a site audit carried out in order to secure compliance with one or more of the following—
(a) a requirement under this Act,
(b) an approved voluntary management proposal,
(c) a requirement imposed by State Environmental Planning Policy No 55—Remediation of Land or by any other environmental planning instrument made under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 or by any development consent or approval given under that Act,
(c1) a requirement imposed by an instrument issued under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, or regulations under that Act, that a site audit be carried out by a site auditor accredited under this Act,
(d) any other requirement imposed by or under another Act,
unless it is carried out only in order to secure compliance with a legal obligation arising from an agreement or arising in such other circumstances as the regulations may prescribe.
s 47: Am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.9 [12]; 2003 No 91, Sch 1 [4]–[8]. Subst 2008 No 111, Sch 1 [11]. Am 2025 No 58, Sch 2[6]–[8].