Obligations where land to which certain instruments relate is to be sold, leased, &c.
112 Obligations where land to which certain instruments relate is to be sold, leased, &c.
In this section, relevant instrument means:
(a) a compliance plan, environmental audit program or a pollution abatement notice;
a prescribed instrument.
A person to whom a relevant instrument relates must, before:
(a) selling, leasing or sub-leasing land, premises, or a vehicle, to which the relevant instrument relates to another person; or
(b) permitting another person to occupy the land to which the relevant instrument relates by way of a gift or in exchange for a benefit,
notify in writing:
the other person of the relevant instrument; and
(d) the NT EPA of his or her intention to sell, lease or sub-lease the land, premises or vehicle, or to permit another person to occupy the land.
Penalty: environmental offence level 4.
A person notified in accordance with subsection (2) who:
(a) buys, leases or sub-leases the land, premises or vehicle to which the notice relates; or
(b) occupies, whether by way of a gift or in exchange for a benefit, the land to which the notice relates,
must, within 14 days after the purchase, lease, sublease or occupation, notify the NT EPA accordingly.
Penalty: environmental offence level 4.
A person to whom a relevant instrument relates must, before:
(a) selling, leasing, sub-leasing or giving by gift to another person a business in relation to which is carried out part or all of the activity to which the relevant instrument relates; or
(b) exchanging with another person a business in relation to which is carried out part or all of the activity to which the relevant instrument relates in return for a business carried out by that other person,
notify in writing:
the other person of the relevant instrument; and
(d) the NT EPA of his or her intention to sell, lease, sub-lease or exchange the business.
Penalty: environmental offence level 4.
A person notified in accordance with subsection (4) who:
(a) buys, leases or sub-leases or accepts as a gift the business to which the notice relates; or
(b) exchanges his or her business for the business to which the notice relates,
must, within 14 days after the purchase, lease, sub-lease, acceptance or exchange, notify the NT EPA accordingly.
Penalty: environmental offence level 4.
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