Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulations 2020
30Notice to landowner
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30 Notice to landowner
(1) If an environmental site assessment is being carried out in respect of a storage system, an infrastructure owner of the storage system must notify a landowner in respect of the storage system, in writing, within 7 days after an environmental site assessment in respect of the storage system is commenced, that –
(a) the environmental site assessment is being carried out in relation to the parcel of land on which the storage system is situated; and
(b) part or all of the parcel of land on which the storage system is situated may be a contaminated site.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under subregulation (1) if the defendant establishes that he or she knew, or reasonably believed, that a landowner had already been notified in accordance with that subregulation.