ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 86 Record of tailored advice

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 86

86 Record of tailored advice

(1) This section applies if an adviser gives tailored advice about carrying out an agricultural ERA to a person—

(a) who carries out the agricultural ERA; or

(b) who is acting on behalf of another person who carries out the agricultural ERA.

(2) The adviser must, unless the adviser has a reasonable excuse—

(a) prepare a record that contains the information stated in subsection (3) about the tailored advice within 5 business days after giving the advice; and

(b) give a copy of the record to the person; and

(c) keep the record, or a copy of the record, for at least 6 years.

(3) For subsection (2) , the information is—

(a) the adviser’s name and ACN or ABN (if any); and

(b) the person’s name and ACN or ABN (if any); and

(c) if the person is acting on behalf of another person who carries out the agricultural ERA—the name and ACN or ABN (if any) of the person who carries out the agricultural ERA; and

(d) the location of the land on which the agricultural ERA is being carried out; and

(e) the day the advice was given; and

(f) a summary of the advice given that includes the details prescribed by regulation.

Examples of details that may be prescribed—

• the fertiliser product recommended for use

• the recommended rate for the fertiliser product to be applied

• measures recommended to control sediment and erosion