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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.541Keeping of registers
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### sec.541 Keeping of registers
This section applies if the chief executive or administering authority (the relevant entity ) is required to keep a register under section 540 or 540A .
If the relevant entity considers it impracticable to include a document in a register, it may include details of the document in the register instead of the document.
However, if the register only includes details of a document—
the relevant entity must keep the document open for public inspection in the way required of a register under section 542 ; and
section 542 applies to the document as if it were included in a register.
If particulars of any land are recorded in the environmental management register or contaminated land register, they must include the real property description of the land.
Subject to subsections (2) to (4) , the relevant entity may keep a register in the way it considers appropriate, including, for example, on a website.
s 541 ins 2000 No. 64 s 41
sub 2012 No. 16 s 47
(sec.541-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive or administering authority (the relevant entity ) is required to keep a register under section 540 or 540A .
(sec.541-ssec.2) If the relevant entity considers it impracticable to include a document in a register, it may include details of the document in the register instead of the document.
(sec.541-ssec.3) However, if the register only includes details of a document— the relevant entity must keep the document open for public inspection in the way required of a register under section 542 ; and section 542 applies to the document as if it were included in a register.
(sec.541-ssec.4) If particulars of any land are recorded in the environmental management register or contaminated land register, they must include the real property description of the land.
(sec.541-ssec.5) Subject to subsections (2) to (4) , the relevant entity may keep a register in the way it considers appropriate, including, for example, on a website.
- (a) the relevant entity must keep the document open for public inspection in the way required of a register under section 542 ; and
- (b) section 542 applies to the document as if it were included in a register.