New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 3

3 Objects of this Act

(1) The general object of this Act is to establish a process for investigating and (where appropriate) remediating land that the EPA considers to be contaminated significantly enough to require regulation under Division 2 of Part 3.

(2) Particular objects of this Act are:

(a) to set out accountabilities for managing contamination if the EPA considers the contamination is significant enough to require regulation under Division 2 of Part 3, and

(b) to set out the role of the EPA in the assessment of contamination and the supervision of the investigation and management of contaminated sites, and

(c) to provide for the accreditation of site auditors of contaminated land to ensure appropriate standards of auditing in the management of contaminated land, and

(d) to ensure that contaminated land is managed with regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development.