Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156

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Contents (1997 - 156)

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156
Status information
Long title
Chapter 1 Preliminary
- 1 Name of Act
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Objects of Act
- 4 Definitions
- 5 Scheduled activities
- 6 Appropriate regulatory authority
- 7 General relationship with other Acts
- 8 Notes
Chapter 2 Protection of the environment policies
- Part 2.1 Introduction
- Part 2.2 Draft policies
  - 12 Preparation of draft PEP
  - 13 General considerations in preparing draft PEP
- Part 2.3 General procedure for preparing draft policies
- Part 2.4 Special procedure for preparing draft policies
- Part 2.5 Making policies
  - 25 Recommendation for making PEP
  - 26 Making of PEP
- Part 2.6 Interim policies
  - 27 Interim PEPs
- Part 2.7 Implementing policies
- Part 2.8 Miscellaneous
Chapter 3 Environment protection licences
- Part 3.1 Introduction
- Part 3.2 Licences required for scheduled development work and scheduled activities
- Part 3.3 Issue, transfer and variation of licences
- Part 3.4 Licence conditions
  - 63 Conditions
  - 64 Failure to comply with condition
- Part 3.5 Particular licence conditions
- Part 3.6 Duration and review of licences
  - 77 Duration of licence
  - 78 Review of licences
- Part 3.7 Suspension, revocation and surrender of licences
- Part 3.8 Miscellaneous
Chapter 4 Environment protection notices
- Part 4.1 Preliminary
  - 89 Definitions
  - 90 Classification of environment protection notices
- Part 4.2 Clean-up notices
- Part 4.3 Prevention notices
- Part 4.4 Prohibition notices
- Part 4.5 Compliance cost
- Part 4.6 Miscellaneous
Chapter 5 Environment protection offences
- Part 5.1 Classification of offences
  - 114 Classification of offences
- Part 5.2 Tier 1 offences
- Part 5.3 Water pollution
- Part 5.4 Air pollution
- Part 5.5 Noise pollution
- Part 5.6 Land pollution and waste
- Part 5.6A Littering
- Part 5.7 Duty to notify pollution incidents
- Part 5.7A Duty to prepare and implement pollution incident response management plans
- Part 5.8 Motor vehicles
- Part 5.9 General offences
Chapter 6 Environmental audits
- Part 6.1 Preliminary
- Part 6.2 Mandatory environmental audits
- Part 6.3 Voluntary environmental audits
Chapter 7 Investigation
- Part 7.1 Preliminary
- Part 7.2 Authorised officers and enforcement officers
- Part 7.3 Powers to require information or records
- Part 7.4 Powers of entry and search of premises
- Part 7.5 Powers to question and to identify persons
- Part 7.6 Powers with respect to vehicles, vessels and other articles
- Part 7.6A Seizure of motor vehicles or vessels used to commit repeat waste offences
- Part 7.7 General
Chapter 8 Criminal and other proceedings
- Part 8.1 Preliminary
  - 213 Application of Chapter
- Part 8.2 Proceedings for offences
- Part 8.3 Court orders in connection with offences
- Part 8.4 Civil proceedings to remedy or restrain breaches of Act or harm to environment or enforce undertakings
- Part 8.5 Evidentiary provisions
- Part 8.6 Noise—special provisions
Chapter 9 Miscellaneous
- Part 9.1 Exemptions
- Part 9.2 Appeals
- Part 9.3 Economic measures
- Part 9.3A Tradeable emission schemes
- Part 9.3B Green offsets
- Part 9.3C Environmental monitoring
- Part 9.3D Pollution incidents—analysis of risk
- Part 9.4 Financial assurances
- Part 9.5 Public register
  - 308 Public register
  - 309 Public availability of register
- Part 9.6 Formal inquiries
- Part 9.7 Other miscellaneous provisions
Schedule 1 Scheduled activities
Schedule 2 Regulation-making powers
Schedule 2A Enforcement of gas and other petroleum legislation
Schedule 3 Repeals
Schedule 4 (Repealed)
Schedule 5 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Dictionary
Historical notes

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156

Current version for 20 December 2019 to date (accessed 30 January 2020 at 07:51)

Chapter 3 Part 3.5 Section 67

67 Conditions for mandatory environmental audits

The conditions of a licence may require the holder of the licence to comply with the requirements of a mandatory environmental audit program, in accordance with Chapter 6.