CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 46 EPA may give clean-up and prevention notices

CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 46

46 EPA may give clean-up and prevention notices

(1) This section applies in relation to the following land--

(a) significantly contaminated land,

(b) land in relation to which the EPA has been given notice under section 60.

(2) The EPA may give a notice or direction in accordance with the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 , Part 4.2 or 4.3 in relation to the land--

(a) as if the EPA were the appropriate regulatory authority within the meaning of that Act, and

(b) despite any order or approved voluntary management proposal relating to the land.

(3) The notice or direction is taken to have been given under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 .