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Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991
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#### 83B Nature of audit
83B Nature of audit
> An audit under this Division is a periodic or particular documented evaluation of prospecting or mining for petroleum (including management practices, systems and plant) for any one or more of the following purposes—
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> > (a) to provide information on compliance or otherwise with obligations under the petroleum title or other related legal requirements under this or any other law (including in relation to the protection of the environment from the impacts of, or the rehabilitation of land affected by, activities under the title),
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> > (b) to provide information on compliance or otherwise with codes of practice or policies relevant to the petroleum title,
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> > (c) to enable a determination of whether the way activities are being carried out under the petroleum title can be improved in order to protect the environment.
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> **ss 83A–83C:** Ins 2015 No 40, Sch 2 \[34\].