Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION MEASURES (IMPLEMENTATION) ACT 1998 - SECT 27

(1)

A person must not be appointed as an environmental auditor unless the relevant Minister is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person.

(2)

In deciding whether a person is a fit and proper person, the relevant Minister must have regard to:

(a)

any conviction of the person, or any body corporate of which the person is a director, for contravention of any Australian environment protection or related law; and

(b)

any suspension or revocation of any licence or other authority held by the person, or any body corporate of which the person is a director, under any Australian environment protection or related law.

(3)

A person's appointment as an environmental auditor must be revoked if:

(a)

the person, or a body corporate of which the person is a director, is convicted for a contravention of any Australian environment protection or related law; or

(b)

any licence or authority held by the person, or a body corporate of which the person is a director, under any Australian environment protection or related law is suspended or revoked.