30Mandatory environmental audits

30 Mandatory environmental audits

(1)  If the Board considers that an environmentally relevant activity has caused, is causing, or is likely to cause, environmental harm, the Board may, by written notice served on a person, require that person –

(a) to undertake an environmental audit of the environmentally relevant activity for which that person is or was responsible; and

(b) to prepare and submit to the Board a report on the audit.

(2)  The report on an environmental audit submitted to the Board must be accompanied by a statutory declaration signed by the person who undertook the environmental audit certifying the accuracy of the content of the report.

(3)  The Board may require the report on an environmental audit to be revised in accordance with written reasons given to the person required to undertake the environmental audit.

(4)  A person must not refuse to undertake an environmental audit when required to do so by the Board.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(5)  A person who is aggrieved by a requirement under subsection (1) may appeal to the Appeal Tribunal.