73AAudits of persons providing information under section 20—compliance

#### 73A Audits of persons providing information under section 20—compliance (1) This section applies if the Regulator has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person required to provide information under section 20 has contravened, is contravening, or is proposing to contravene, this Act or the associated provisions. (2) The Regulator may, by written notice given to the person, require the person to: (a) appoint as an audit team leader: (i) a registered greenhouse and energy auditor of the person’s choice; or (ii) if the Regulator specifies a registered greenhouse and energy auditor in the notice—that auditor; or (iii) if the Regulator specifies more than one registered greenhouse and energy auditor in the notice—any one of those auditors; and (b) arrange for the audit team leader to carry out an audit on one or more aspects of the person’s compliance with this Act or the associated provisions; and (c) arrange for the audit team leader to give the person a written report setting out the results of the audit; and (d) give the Regulator a copy of the audit report on or before the day specified in the notice. (3) The notice must specify the: (a) type of audit to be carried out; and (b) matters to be covered by the audit; and (c) form of the audit report and the kinds of details it is to contain. (4) The person must provide the audit team leader and any audit team members with all reasonable facilities and assistance necessary for the effective exercise of the audit team leader’s duties under this Act. Civil penalty: (a) for an individual—50 penalty units; or (b) otherwise—250 penalty units. (5) If the Regulator gives a person required to provide information under section 20 written notice under subsection (2), the person must comply with the requirements of the notice. Civil penalty: (a) for an individual—200 penalty units; or (b) otherwise—1,000 penalty units. > Note: Under section 30, a person may be liable for an additional civil penalty for each day after the day mentioned in paragraph (2)(d) for which the person fails to provide an audit report in accordance with this section.