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Environmental auditing as a regulatory strategy for the sale of contaminated land in Australia

Auteur
Wilcher R.
Périodique/Collection
Environmental and Planning Law Journal | Vol. 14(3); 181 - 193; 13 p.
Date
1997
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-060951)
Éditeur | Lieu de publication
The Law Book Company Ltd. | North Ryde, Australia
Langue
Anglais
Pays/Territoire
Australie
Sujet
Terre et sols
Mot clé
Éco-audit Pollution du sol/qualité Responsabilité/indemnisation
Résumé

The prevailing regulatory approach to contaminated land law in Australia motivated a company selling land to transfer all risk associated with contamination to the purchaser. Despite proposals for reform in many Stated, the ideal of 'polluter pays' has been replaced by 'purchaser pays' as a purchaser will often be ignorant of the contamination status of the land it is buying. Because the traditional conveyancing concepts of defects in title and statutory disclosures have provided inadequate protection, purchasers have demanded informationn about contamination under fair trading legislation. This has led to the development of environmental auditing as a market tool so that vendors' silence about contamination is no longer advisory. The article discusses the scope of contaminated land law in Australia, the conveyancing principles and fair trading law underlying the disclosure of information about contamination and the scope of an environmental audit in the sale of contaminated land,