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Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
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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—
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> > (a) a requirement under this Act,
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> > (b) an approved voluntary management proposal,
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> > (c) a requirement imposed by [State Environmental Planning Policy No 55—Remediation of Land](/view/html/repealed/current/epi-1998-0520) or by any other environmental planning instrument made under the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203) or by any development consent or approval given under that Act,
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> > (c1) a requirement imposed by an instrument issued under the [Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-156), or regulations under that Act, that a site audit be carried out by a site auditor accredited under this Act,
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> > (d) any other requirement imposed by or under another Act,
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> 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.
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> **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\[6\]–\[8\].