sec.322Administering authority may require environmental audit about environmental authority or PRCP schedule

### sec.322 Administering authority may require environmental audit about environmental authority or PRCP schedule The administering authority may, by written notice (an audit notice ) require the holder of an environmental authority or PRCP schedule to— commission an audit (an environmental audit ) about a stated matter concerning a relevant activity; and whether the conditions of the environmental authority have been complied with the environmental harm a relevant activity is causing compared with the environmental harm authorised under the environmental authority whether a plan of operations for an environmental authority complies with the conditions of the environmental authority the accuracy of a final rehabilitation report given to the administering authority by the holder give the administering authority an environmental report about the audit. However, an audit notice may be given under subsection (1) only if the administering authority is satisfied the audit is necessary or desirable. s 322 amd 1998 No. 13 s 47 ; 1999 No. 19 sch; 2000 No. 64 s 9 ; 2002 No. 45 ss 14 , 3 (2) sch ; 2007 No. 56 s 17 ; 2011 No. 6 s 69 sub 2012 No. 16 s 9 (amd 2013 No. 6 s 50 sch ) amd 2018 No. 30 s 183 ; 2024 No. 30 s 61 sch 1 (sec.322-ssec.1) The administering authority may, by written notice (an audit notice ) require the holder of an environmental authority or PRCP schedule to— commission an audit (an environmental audit ) about a stated matter concerning a relevant activity; and whether the conditions of the environmental authority have been complied with the environmental harm a relevant activity is causing compared with the environmental harm authorised under the environmental authority whether a plan of operations for an environmental authority complies with the conditions of the environmental authority the accuracy of a final rehabilitation report given to the administering authority by the holder give the administering authority an environmental report about the audit. (sec.322-ssec.2) However, an audit notice may be given under subsection (1) only if the administering authority is satisfied the audit is necessary or desirable. - (a) commission an audit (an environmental audit ) about a stated matter concerning a relevant activity; and Examples of matters for paragraph (a) — 1 whether the conditions of the environmental authority have been complied with 2 the environmental harm a relevant activity is causing compared with the environmental harm authorised under the environmental authority 3 whether a plan of operations for an environmental authority complies with the conditions of the environmental authority 4 the accuracy of a final rehabilitation report given to the administering authority by the holder - 1 whether the conditions of the environmental authority have been complied with - 2 the environmental harm a relevant activity is causing compared with the environmental harm authorised under the environmental authority - 3 whether a plan of operations for an environmental authority complies with the conditions of the environmental authority - 4 the accuracy of a final rehabilitation report given to the administering authority by the holder - (b) give the administering authority an environmental report about the audit. - 1 whether the conditions of the environmental authority have been complied with - 2 the environmental harm a relevant activity is causing compared with the environmental harm authorised under the environmental authority - 3 whether a plan of operations for an environmental authority complies with the conditions of the environmental authority - 4 the accuracy of a final rehabilitation report given to the administering authority by the holder