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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.489Costs of investigation or remediation to be paid by recipient
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### sec.489 Costs of investigation or remediation to be paid by recipient
The amount properly and reasonably incurred by the administering authority in conducting a site investigation, or remediating land, is a debt payable to the administering authority by the recipient of the notice to conduct or commission the investigation or remediate the land.
If more than 1 person failed to perform the work, the amount incurred is payable by the persons jointly and severally.
However, subsection (1) does not apply if the requirement for the recipient to conduct or commission the investigation, or carry out the remediation has been waived by the administering authority.
s 489 ins 1997 No. 80 s 27
(sec.489-ssec.1) The amount properly and reasonably incurred by the administering authority in conducting a site investigation, or remediating land, is a debt payable to the administering authority by the recipient of the notice to conduct or commission the investigation or remediate the land.
(sec.489-ssec.2) If more than 1 person failed to perform the work, the amount incurred is payable by the persons jointly and severally.
(sec.489-ssec.3) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the requirement for the recipient to conduct or commission the investigation, or carry out the remediation has been waived by the administering authority.