251Authorisation of inspectors

251 Authorisation of inspectors

(1) The Minister may authorise any person who the Minister considers suitable to carry out inspections for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Environment Protection Authority may authorise any person who the Environment Protection Authority considers suitable to carry out inspections for the purpose of monitoring compliance with any monitoring and verification plan forming part of an injection testing plan or an injection and monitoring plan approved under this Act.

(3) The Minister or the Environment Protection Authority (as the case may be) must give each authorised person an identity card that identifies the person by name as an inspector under this Act or an inspector for the purposes of monitoring and verification activities and that contains a photograph of the person.

(4) If a person's authorisation as an inspector is revoked or expires, he or she must immediately return his or her identity card to the Minister or the Environment Protection Authority (as the case may be).

1. 5 penalty units.