Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998
112Obligations where land to which certain instruments relate is
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112 Obligations where land to which certain instruments relate is to be sold, leased, &c. (1) In this section, relevant instrument means: (a) a compliance plan, environmental audit program or a pollution abatement notice; (b) a prescribed instrument. (2) A person to whom a relevant instrument relates must, before: (a) selling, leasing or sub-leasing land, premises, or a vehicle, to which the relevant instrument relates to another person; or
Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 76 (b) permitting another person to occupy the land to which the relevant instrument relates by way of a gift or in exchange for a benefit, notify in writing: (c) the other person of the relevant instrument; and (d) the NT EPA of his or her intention to sell, lease or sub-lease the land, premises or vehicle, or to permit another person to occupy the land. (3) A person notified in accordance with subsection (2) who: (a) buys, leases or sub-leases the land, premises or vehicle to which the notice relates; or (b) occupies, whether by way of a gift or in exchange for a benefit, the land to which the notice relates, must, within 14 days after the purchase, lease, sublease or occupation, notify the NT EPA accordingly. (4) A person to whom a relevant instrument relates must, before: (a) selling, leasing, sub-leasing or giving by gift to another person a business in relation to which is carried out part or all of the activity to which the relevant instrument relates; or (b) exchanging with another person a business in relation to which is carried out part or all of the activity to which the relevant instrument relates in return for a business carried out by that other person, notify in writing: (c) the other person of the relevant instrument; and (d) the NT EPA of his or her intention to sell, lease, sub-lease or exchange the business. (5) A person notified in accordance with subsection (4) who: (a) buys, leases or sub-leases or accepts as a gift the business to which the notice relates; or
Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 77 (b) exchanges his or her business for the business to which the notice relates, must, within 14 days after the purchase, lease, sub-lease, acceptance or exchange, notify the NT EPA accordingly.