27Environmental auditor to be a fit and proper person

27 Environmental auditor to be a fit and proper person

(1) A person must not be appointed as an environmental auditor unless the relevant Minister is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person. (2) In deciding whether a person is a fit and proper person, the relevant Minister must have regard to: (a) any conviction of the person, or any body corporate of which the person is a director, for contravention of any Australian environment protection or related law; and (b) any suspension or revocation of any licence or other authority held by the person, or any body corporate of which the person is a director, under any Australian environment protection or related law. (3) A person’s appointment as an environmental auditor must be revoked if: (a) the person, or a body corporate of which the person is a director, is convicted for a contravention of any Australian environment protection or related law; or (b) any licence or authority held by the person, or a body corporate of which the person is a director, under any Australian environment protection or related law is suspended or revoked.