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Environment Protection Act 1997
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(1) The authority must make the following documents available to the
public:
(a) any environmental authorisation granted by the authority
including details of the conditions to which the authorisation is
subject, the person holding that authorisation and whether the
authorisation is in effect;
(b) any environmental improvement plan submitted in compliance
with a requirement by the authority;
(c) any emergency plan approved by the authority;
(d) an environment protection policy made under part 4;
(e) codes of practice accredited under part 5;
(f) any environmental protection agreement entered into by the
authority;
(g) any environment protection order;
(h) any document setting out the results of a review of an
environmental authorisation;
(i) results given to the authority of monitoring or testing required
by the authority to be conducted under an environmental
authorisation, environmental protection agreement or
environment protection order;
(j) the list of auditors approved under section 75;
(k) environmental audit reports under division 9.2;
(l) the list of authorised officers;
(m) an order under section 91C (1) (Order to assess whether land
contaminated);
(n) an assessment under section 91C (4) (a);
(o) an environmental audit under section 91C (4) (b);
(p) an order under section 91D (1) (Order to remediate land);
(q) an environmental audit under section 91D (4) (b);
(r) the register of contaminated sites kept under section 21A;
(s) any document prescribed by regulation.
(2) The authority must make a document mentioned in subsection (1)
available by—
(a) making the document available for inspection without charge
during ordinary business hours at an ACT government office; or
(b) making the document accessible without charge on an ACT
government website, or by a link on an ACT government
website; or
(c) if a person requests a copy of the document—giving the person
a copy of the document on payment of any reasonable copying
costs.
(3) This section is subject to section 21 (Exclusion of material from
public access).