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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.323Administering authority may require environmental audit about other matters
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### sec.323 Administering authority may require environmental audit about other matters
Subsection (2) applies if the administering authority is satisfied that—
a person is, or has been, contravening—
a regulation; or
an environmental protection policy; or
an agricultural ERA standard; or
a transitional environmental program; or
an enforceable undertaking; or
a person is, or has been, contravening any of the following provisions—
section 440Q ;
section 440ZG ;
a provision of chapter 8 , part 3E or 3F .
The administering authority may, by written notice (also an audit notice ), require the person to—
commission an audit (also an environmental audit ) about the matter; and
give the administering authority an environmental report about the audit.
s 323 amd 2000 No. 64 s 10 ; 2002 No. 45 ss 15 (amdt could not be given effect), 3(2) sch
sub 2012 No. 16 s 9 (amd 2013 No. 6 s 50 sch )
amd 2014 No. 59 s 62 ; 2019 No. 28 s 12 ; 2024 No. 30 s 61 sch 1
(sec.323-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if the administering authority is satisfied that— a person is, or has been, contravening— a regulation; or an environmental protection policy; or an agricultural ERA standard; or a transitional environmental program; or an enforceable undertaking; or a person is, or has been, contravening any of the following provisions— section 440Q ; section 440ZG ; a provision of chapter 8 , part 3E or 3F .
(sec.323-ssec.2) The administering authority may, by written notice (also an audit notice ), require the person to— commission an audit (also an environmental audit ) about the matter; and give the administering authority an environmental report about the audit.
- (a) a person is, or has been, contravening— (i) a regulation; or (ii) an environmental protection policy; or (iii) an agricultural ERA standard; or (iv) a transitional environmental program; or (v) an enforceable undertaking; or
- (i) a regulation; or
- (ii) an environmental protection policy; or
- (iii) an agricultural ERA standard; or
- (iv) a transitional environmental program; or
- (v) an enforceable undertaking; or
- (b) a person is, or has been, contravening any of the following provisions— (i) section 440Q ; (ii) section 440ZG ; (iii) a provision of chapter 8 , part 3E or 3F .
- (i) section 440Q ;
- (ii) section 440ZG ;
- (iii) a provision of chapter 8 , part 3E or 3F .
- (i) a regulation; or
- (ii) an environmental protection policy; or
- (iii) an agricultural ERA standard; or
- (iv) a transitional environmental program; or
- (v) an enforceable undertaking; or
- (i) section 440Q ;
- (ii) section 440ZG ;
- (iii) a provision of chapter 8 , part 3E or 3F .
- (a) commission an audit (also an environmental audit ) about the matter; and
- (b) give the administering authority an environmental report about the audit.