41. Contaminated land register
- The Minister must keep a national contaminated land register of investigation areas that includes information on-
- the owners and any users of investigation areas;
- the location of investigation areas;
- the nature and origin of the contamination;
- whether an investigation area-
- is contaminated, presents a risk to health or the environment, and must be remediated urgently;
- is contaminated, presents a risk to health or the environment, and must be remediated within a specified period;
- is contaminated and does not present an immediate risk, but measures are required to address the monitoring and management of that risk; or
- is not contaminated;
- the status of any remediation activities on investigation areas; and
- restrictions of use that have been imposed on investigation areas.
- The Minister may change the status of an investigation area contemplated in subsection (1)(d)(i) or (ii) as provided for in subsection (1)(d)(iii) or (iv) if a remediation order has been complied with or other circumstances eventuate that justify such a change.
- An MEC who has identified an investigation area must furnish the relevant information to the Minister for recording in the national contaminated land register.
