"approved voluntary management proposal" means a voluntary management proposal
that has been approved by the EPA under section 17, as modified by any
conditions imposed by the EPA under that section.
"authorised officer" means a person appointed by the EPA under Part 7.2 of the
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 as an authorised officer for
the purposes of this Act.
"Board of the EPA" means the Board within the meaning of the Protection of the
Environment Administration Act 1991 .
"CEO of the EPA" means the Chief Executive Officer within the meaning of the
Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 .
"Chairperson of the EPA Board" means the Chairperson within the meaning of the
Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 .
"contaminate" and
"contamination" are defined in section 5.
"costs" include expenses.
"environment" means components of the earth, including--
"EPA" means the Environment Protection Authority constituted by the Protection
of the Environment Administration Act 1991 .
"executor" means a person acting as executor or trustee in the administration
of a deceased estate to whom a grant of probate of a will, or administration
with the will annexed, is made.
"guideline" means a guideline made or approved by the EPA under section 105
and for the time being having effect under that section.
"harm" means, in relation to the contamination of land, harm to human health
or some other aspect of the environment (including any direct or indirect
alteration of the environment that has the effect of degrading the
environment), whether in, on or under the land or elsewhere.
"interested person" means, in relation to land, a person referred to in
section 13 (2) (a), (b) or (c).
"land" includes water on or below the surface of land and the bed of such
water.
"local authority" means--
(a) the council, within the meaning of the Local
Government Act 1993 , in relation to an area within the meaning of that Act,
or
(b) the Lord Howe Island Board in relation to Lord Howe Island, or
(c)
the EPA in relation to land within the Western Division that is not within an
area within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 , or
(d) an
authority prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph for
any place not covered above, or
(e) an authority prescribed instead by the
regulations for the purposes of this paragraph for any place wholly or partly
covered in paragraphs (a)-(c).
(i) that is the subject of a
perpetual lease under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 --means the holder
of such a lease, and
(ii) in any other case--means the Crown.
(b) in
relation to other land, does not include a person just because the person has
an interest in the land under a lease, licence or permit, and
(c) in relation
to land that is not Crown land and is not subject to the provisions of the
Real Property Act 1900 , does not include a person merely because the person
is a mortgagee.
(a) preparing a long-term
management plan (if any) for the land, and
(b) removing, dispersing,
destroying, reducing, mitigating or containing the contamination of the land,
and
(c) eliminating or reducing any hazard arising from the contamination of
the land (including by preventing the entry of persons or animals on the
land).
(a) any river, stream, lake, lagoon,
swamp, wetlands, unconfined surface water, natural or artificial watercourse,
dam or tidal waters (including the sea), or
(2) The power of the EPA to
order a person to take specified action under Part 3 includes a power to order
the person to refrain from taking specified action.
(3) Notes included in
this Act do not form part of this Act.
