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Environment Protection Act 1997
75Certain auditors to be approved
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75 Certain auditors to be approved
(1) An environmental audit for section 76 or section 78 must be
conducted by a person approved by the authority to conduct the
environmental audit.
(2) The authority must not approve a person under subsection (1) unless
satisfied that the person—
(a) has appropriate qualifications and experience to enable the
person to conduct the audit; and
(b) meets the prescribed criteria.
(3) For this section, the authority must prepare and maintain a list of
approved auditors whom it is satisfied meet the requirements of
subsection (2).
(4) The authority must remove the name of an auditor from the list
maintained under subsection (3) if satisfied that the auditor no longer
meets the prescribed criteria.
(5) An auditor is taken to be on a list maintained for subsection (3) for so
long as the name of the auditor appears on a list of auditors
maintained under a corresponding law of a State or another Territory.
(6) A condition applying to a person whose name appears on a list of
auditors maintained under a corresponding law of a State or another
Territory applies to that person when conducting an audit under this
Act.