Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156
Historical version for 30 June 2009 to 5 July 2009 (accessed 22 May 2013 at 19:51) Current version

180   Nature of voluntary environmental audit

(1)  A voluntary environmental audit is an environmental audit commissioned or carried out or being carried out voluntarily, whether or not in relation to activities licensed under this Act.
(2)  An environmental audit is not voluntary if there is a contemporaneous requirement for a mandatory environmental audit in relation to the same or substantially the same activity.
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