ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 322 Administering authority may require environmental audit about environmental authority or PRCP schedule

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 322

322 Administering authority may require environmental audit about environmental authority or PRCP schedule

(1) The administering authority may, by written notice (an
"audit notice" ) require the holder of an environmental authority or PRCP schedule to—

(a) commission an audit (an
"environmental audit" ) about a stated matter concerning a relevant activity; and

Examples of matters for paragraph (a)—

1 whether the conditions of the environmental authority have been complied with

2 the environmental harm a relevant activity is causing compared with the environmental harm authorised under the environmental authority

3 whether a plan of operations for an environmental authority complies with the conditions of the environmental authority

4 the accuracy of a final rehabilitation report given to the administering authority by the holder

(b) give the administering authority an environmental report about the audit.

(2) However, an audit notice may be given under subsection (1) only if the administering authority is reasonably satisfied the audit is necessary or desirable.