Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998
54Voluntary environmental audit results are privileged
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54 Voluntary environmental audit results are privileged (1) The results of a voluntary environmental audit are not admissible as evidence in proceedings for an offence against this Act. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) relieves a person from the requirement to provide to the NT EPA results of testing or monitoring where required to do so: (a) by or under this Act or a code of practice; or (b) by virtue of an obligation to notify the NT EPA under section 14. (3) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the seizure and use of the results of a voluntary environmental audit for the purpose of administering this Act. (4) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the results of a voluntary environmental audit if the person relies or attempts to rely on the results in proceedings for an offence against this Act.