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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.375Show cause notice to be given to owner of land
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### sec.375 Show cause notice to be given to owner of land
The administering authority must give the land’s owner written notice (a show cause notice ) about the proposal to include particulars of the land in a relevant land register.
The show cause notice must state the following—
that the administering authority believes, or suspects on reasonable grounds, that grounds exist for including particulars of the land in a relevant land register;
the facts and circumstances relied on to support the grounds;
that the owner may make a written submission to the authority about why particulars of the land should not be included in the relevant register;
the day by which the owner may make the submission;
that the submission must be accompanied by a written declaration by the owner that the owner—
has not knowingly included any false or misleading information in the submission; and
has given all relevant information to the authority.
For subsection (2) (d) , the day must be at least 20 business days after the show cause notice is given to the owner.
Also, if an investigation of the land has been conducted and the administering authority holds a copy of a report prepared about the investigation, the show cause notice must be accompanied by a copy of the report.
s 375 ins 1997 No. 80 s 21
amd 2012 No. 16 s 78 sch (amd 2013 No. 6 s 50 sch )
sub 2014 No. 59 s 135
amd 2023 No. 6 s 88
(sec.375-ssec.1) The administering authority must give the land’s owner written notice (a show cause notice ) about the proposal to include particulars of the land in a relevant land register.
(sec.375-ssec.2) The show cause notice must state the following— that the administering authority believes, or suspects on reasonable grounds, that grounds exist for including particulars of the land in a relevant land register; the facts and circumstances relied on to support the grounds; that the owner may make a written submission to the authority about why particulars of the land should not be included in the relevant register; the day by which the owner may make the submission; that the submission must be accompanied by a written declaration by the owner that the owner— has not knowingly included any false or misleading information in the submission; and has given all relevant information to the authority.
(sec.375-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (d) , the day must be at least 20 business days after the show cause notice is given to the owner.
(sec.375-ssec.4) Also, if an investigation of the land has been conducted and the administering authority holds a copy of a report prepared about the investigation, the show cause notice must be accompanied by a copy of the report.
- (a) that the administering authority believes, or suspects on reasonable grounds, that grounds exist for including particulars of the land in a relevant land register;
- (b) the facts and circumstances relied on to support the grounds;
- (c) that the owner may make a written submission to the authority about why particulars of the land should not be included in the relevant register;
- (d) the day by which the owner may make the submission;
- (e) that the submission must be accompanied by a written declaration by the owner that the owner— (i) has not knowingly included any false or misleading information in the submission; and (ii) has given all relevant information to the authority.
- (i) has not knowingly included any false or misleading information in the submission; and
- (ii) has given all relevant information to the authority.
- (i) has not knowingly included any false or misleading information in the submission; and
- (ii) has given all relevant information to the authority.