CONTAMINATED SITES ACT 2003 - SECT 57
CONTAMINATED SITES ACT 2003 - SECT 57
57 . Liability for losses
Except as may be
otherwise prescribed, a person responsible for remediation of a site or a
person on whom a notice under Part 4 is binding who, with the permission of
the occupier or owner of land, as is relevant, enters that land to take any
action necessary to enable the person to carry out the remediation or to
comply with the requirements of the notice is liable —
(a) to
that occupier for any loss suffered by the occupier as a result of that entry
or those actions, including any loss suffered by the occupier due to
interruption to the business of the occupier on that land; and
(b) to
the owner of the land for any loss suffered by the owner as a result of that
entry or those actions, including any loss suffered by the owner due to
interruption to the business of the owner on that land or any injury to the
land caused by that person.