ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 35 What is contaminated land?

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 35

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), land is contaminated if waste, a chemical substance or a prescribed substance is present on or under the surface of the land, and the waste, chemical substance or prescribed substance—

        (a)     is present in a concentration above the background level; and

        (b)     creates a risk of harm to human health or the environment.

    (2)     Land is not contaminated—

        (a)     merely because waste, a chemical substance or a prescribed substance is present in a concentration above the background level in water that is on or above the surface of the land; or

        (b)     if any prescribed circumstances apply to the land.

S. 36 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12− 30, 3/2020 ss 42– 44, 47/2020 s. 26).