SCHEDULE 4ENFORCEMENT—MODIFICATIONS OF THE ACT

PART 2EFFECT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CONTRAVENTION NOTICES, ETC.

2.

In section 86 (offence where enforcement notice not complied with)—

(a)

for subsection (1) there shall be substituted—

“(1)

Where, at any time after the end of the period for compliance with a hazardous substances contravention notice, any step required by the notice to be taken has not been taken, the person who is then the owner of the land and any person other than the owner who is in control of the land are in breach of the notice.”;

(b)

in subsection (2) for the words “the owner of the land” there shall be substituted the words “a person”;

(c)

subsections (4) and (5) shall be omitted;

(d)

in subsection (6) the words “or (5)” shall be omitted;

(e)

in subsection (7)(a) for the words “enforcement notice” there shall be substituted the words “hazardous substances contravention notice”.