103I—Voluntary site contamination assessment proposals
(1) The Authority may
agree not to issue a site contamination assessment order to a person in
relation to known or suspected site contamination if the person undertakes to
carry out an assessment in accordance with an approved voluntary
site contamination assessment proposal.
(2) An agreement under
subsection (1) must be in writing and copies of the agreement must be
served on the parties to the agreement.
(3) The Authority may,
on application by a person, approve a voluntary site contamination assessment
proposal if satisfied that the terms of the proposal are appropriate.
(4) The Authority
must, if satisfied that the assessment has been carried out and completed in
accordance with the approved proposal, notify the holder of the approval in
writing that it is so satisfied.
(5) If a notification
is given to a person under subsection (4), the person may apply to the
Court under Part 11 for an order for payment of the whole or a portion of the
costs and expenses of the assessment against others as if the person had
carried out the assessment in compliance with the requirements of a
site contamination assessment order.