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211What is included in an environmental audit statement?
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211 What is included in an environmental audit statement?
An environmental audit statement must—
(a) specify the scope of the environmental audit including—
(i) the site or the activity in respect of which the audit was conducted; and
(ii) the use or proposed use for which the site is being audited (if applicable); and
(iii) the elements of the environment in respect of which the audit assessed; and
(iv) the standards and reference documents considered in the audit; and
(v) any assumptions made by the environmental auditor during the audit or any limitations on the audit; and
(vi) any exclusions from the audit and the rationale for these exclusions; and
(b) if the environmental audit assessed the use or proposed use of a site in relation to the risk of harm to human health or the environment from contaminated land, waste or pollution, state the environmental auditor's assessment that—
(i) the site is suitable for the purposes specified in the statement; or
(ii) the site is suitable for the purposes specified in the statement if the recommendations made in the statement are complied with; or
(iii) the site is not suitable for the purposes specified in the statement at the time the statement was prepared; and
(c) specify the results of the environmental audit and any recommendations; and
(d) state the name of the person who engaged the environmental auditor to conduct the audit; and
(e) be signed by the environmental auditor; and
(f) state the environmental auditor's contact details; and
(g) include any other prescribed matter.
S. 212 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).