ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 20F
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 20F
20F . Monitoring equipment, approval of
(1) A person may apply
to the Chief Executive Officer for monitoring equipment to be approved.
(2) Subject to
subregulation (3), an application for approval of monitoring equipment is
to be in a form approved by the Chief Executive Officer.
(3) The Chief
Executive Officer must allow an application to be made by telephone or other
electronic means if the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that, due to the
malfunction of approved monitoring equipment or some other reasonable cause,
it is necessary to deal with an application as a matter of urgency.
(4) A person who makes
an application under subregulation (3) must, as soon as practicable, also
make the application for approval of the monitoring equipment in the form
approved by the Chief Executive Officer under subregulation (2).
(5) If an application
made under subregulation (3) is approved, the approval
lapses —
(a) if
an application is not made under subregulation (2) within 30 days of
the day on which the approval was granted; or
(b) in
any other case, 60 days after the day on which the approval was granted.
(6) If a person
applies to the Chief Executive Officer for monitoring equipment to be
approved, the Chief Executive Officer may —
(a)
require the applicant to provide more information before deciding whether or
not to grant the approval; or
(b)
allow the applicant to provide more information or amend its application
before deciding whether or not to grant the approval; or
(c)
refuse to grant the approval; or
(d)
grant the approval.
(7) Within
60 days of —
(a) the
making of an application under subregulation (1); or
(b) the
amendment of the application under subregulation (6)(b) or the provision
of information under subregulation (6)(a) or (b),
whichever is the
latter, the Chief Executive Officer is to —
(c)
determine the application.
(8) If the application
is refused, the Chief Executive Officer is to provide the person who applied
for the approval with a statement of the reasons for refusing the application.
(9) If the application
is granted, the Chief Executive Officer is to issue a certificate of approval
to the applicant.
(10) A certificate of
the Chief Executive Officer stating that monitoring equipment is or is not
approved monitoring equipment is conclusive proof of that fact.
[Regulation 20F inserted: Gazette
5 Jan 2001 p. 116‑17.]