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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.566Declaration to accompany document
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### sec.566 Declaration to accompany document
This section applies if a document about a regulatory function is prepared by a suitably qualified person and submitted to the administering authority.
The document must be accompanied by a declaration by the person stating all of the following—
the person’s qualifications and experience relevant to the function;
that the person has not knowingly included false, misleading or incomplete information in the document;
that the person has not knowingly failed to reveal any relevant information or document to the administering authority;
the document addresses the relevant matters for the function and is factually correct;
the opinions expressed in the document are honestly and reasonably held.
s 566 prev s 566 ins 2000 No. 64 s 46
om 2011 No. 6 s 92
pres s 566 ins 2012 No. 16 s 58
(sec.566-ssec.1) This section applies if a document about a regulatory function is prepared by a suitably qualified person and submitted to the administering authority.
(sec.566-ssec.2) The document must be accompanied by a declaration by the person stating all of the following— the person’s qualifications and experience relevant to the function; that the person has not knowingly included false, misleading or incomplete information in the document; that the person has not knowingly failed to reveal any relevant information or document to the administering authority; the document addresses the relevant matters for the function and is factually correct; the opinions expressed in the document are honestly and reasonably held.
- (a) the person’s qualifications and experience relevant to the function;
- (b) that the person has not knowingly included false, misleading or incomplete information in the document;
- (c) that the person has not knowingly failed to reveal any relevant information or document to the administering authority;
- (d) the document addresses the relevant matters for the function and is factually correct;
- (e) the opinions expressed in the document are honestly and reasonably held.