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Environment Protection Act 1997
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74 Conduct of audits
(1) For section 76 or section 78, an environmental audit is an assessment
of an activity to decide—
(a) the source, cause or extent of environmental harm being caused,
or likely to be caused, by the activity; and
(b) the need for any alteration of management practices to reduce
the environmental impact of the activity; and
(c) the extent and nature of any contravention, or likely
contravention, of an environmental authorisation, an
environment protection order or a provision of this Act.
(2) An environmental audit must consider—
(b) the permitted and approved uses of the land to which the audit
relates; and
(c) any relevant environmental protection policies; and
(d) any relevant national environment protection measures.