ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 326A Administering authority’s costs of environmental audit or report

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 326A

326A Administering authority’s costs of environmental audit or report

(1) This section applies if the administering authority has, under section 326 , incurred costs in conducting or commissioning an environmental audit or preparing an environmental report about the audit.

(2) The holder of the relevant environmental authority or PRCP schedule, or owner of the recognised accreditation program, given an information notice for the audit decision under section 326 (3) must pay the amount of the costs if—

(a) the costs were appropriately and reasonably incurred; and

(b) the administering authority has asked the holder or owner to pay the amount.

(3) The administering authority may recover the amount as a debt.

(4) In this section—


"audit decision" , in relation to costs incurred in conducting or commissioning an environmental audit or preparing an environmental report about the audit, means the decision under section 326 (1) to conduct or commission the audit or prepare the report.