26   Periodic review and auditing of plans

(1)  An authority is to keep its catchment action plan under regular and periodic review and, in particular, is to review the plan if the Minister so directs.

(2)  The Minister is to ensure that a catchment action plan is audited, at intervals of not more than 5 years, to ascertain whether its provisions are being given effect to.

(3)  An audit under this section is to be carried out by the Natural Resources Commission or by an independent audit panel appointed by the Minister.