4Regulatory Authority may exercise powers of EPA and other regulatory authorities—the Act, s 63(2)

4 Regulatory Authority may exercise powers of EPA and other regulatory authorities—the Act, s 63(2)

4 Regulatory Authority may exercise powers of EPA and other regulatory authorities—the Act, s 63(2)

(1) The Regulatory Authority has the same functions as the EPA or another regulatory authority, including the functions of the appropriate regulatory authority, under the following provisions of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 in relation to a relevant non-scheduled activity and in relation to an offence set out in this regulation, Part 3—

(a) Chapter 4,

(b) Chapter 7, other than section 186,

(c) Part 8.2, Division 2.

(2) The Regulatory Authority has the same functions as the EPA under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, Part 8.2 in relation to an offence—

(a) against that Act, section 144AE, 144AH, 145, 145A, 146, 146A, 146B or 146C, and

(b) committed or alleged to have been committed in a declared catchment area.

(3) The Regulatory Authority has the same functions—

(a) as the EPA under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, section 316 for a dispute referred to in that section, and

(b) as a regulatory authority under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, section 319 or 320 for a disclosure referred to in that Act, section 319 or 320.

(4) If the Regulatory Authority exercises a function of the EPA or another regulatory authority, including the appropriate regulatory authority, under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997—

(a) that Act applies in relation to the exercise of the function, including any—

(i) provisions relating to the exercise of the function, and

(ii) offences under that Act, and

(iii) provisions relating to proceedings for offences, and