sec.326Administering authority may conduct environmental audit for particular activities

### sec.326 Administering authority may conduct environmental audit for particular activities The administering authority may decide to— conduct or commission an environmental audit about a stated matter concerning an environmental authority or PRCP schedule for a resource activity or a recognised accreditation program for an agricultural ERA; or prepare an environmental report about the audit. However, the authority may make a decision under subsection (1) only if it is satisfied the audit or report is necessary or desirable. If the authority makes a decision under subsection (1) , it must give the environmental authority holder or owner of the recognised accreditation program an information notice about the decision. The authority must, within 10 business days after preparing an environmental report about the audit, give the environmental authority holder or owner of the recognised accreditation program a copy of it. s 326 amd 1998 No. 13 s 48 ; 2000 No. 64 s 11 , s 3 (2) sch ; 2002 No. 45 s 3 (2) sch ; 2003 No. 95 s 21 ; 2007 No. 56 s 6 sch sub 2012 No. 16 s 9 amd 2018 No. 30 s 185 ; 2019 No. 28 s 14 ; 2024 No. 30 s 61 sch 1 (sec.326-ssec.1) The administering authority may decide to— conduct or commission an environmental audit about a stated matter concerning an environmental authority or PRCP schedule for a resource activity or a recognised accreditation program for an agricultural ERA; or prepare an environmental report about the audit. (sec.326-ssec.2) However, the authority may make a decision under subsection (1) only if it is satisfied the audit or report is necessary or desirable. (sec.326-ssec.3) If the authority makes a decision under subsection (1) , it must give the environmental authority holder or owner of the recognised accreditation program an information notice about the decision. (sec.326-ssec.4) The authority must, within 10 business days after preparing an environmental report about the audit, give the environmental authority holder or owner of the recognised accreditation program a copy of it. - (a) conduct or commission an environmental audit about a stated matter concerning an environmental authority or PRCP schedule for a resource activity or a recognised accreditation program for an agricultural ERA; or - (b) prepare an environmental report about the audit.