CONTAMINATED SITES ACT 2003 - SECT 5

CONTAMINATED SITES ACT 2003 - SECT 5

5 .         Meaning of “owner”

        (1)         In this Act —

        owner means —

            (a)         in relation to freehold land —

                  (i)         a holder of the freehold; and

                  (ii)         a mortgagee in possession;

                and

            (b)         in relation to Crown land —

                  (i)         the care, control and management of which has been placed in a management body, that management body;

                  (ii)         which is reserved, set apart or vested for, or dedicated to, the purposes of another written law, the person who is responsible for the administration of that Crown land while it is so reserved, set apart, vested or dedicated;

                  (iii)         which comprises all, or part, of an orphan site taken in accordance with section 32(4), the Minister; and

                  (iv)         other than land referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii), the Minister for Lands, as referred to in section 7(1) of the Land Administration Act 1997 .

        (2)         In this section —

        Crown land and management body have the same respective meanings as in the Land Administration Act 1997 .