Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1997 - SECT 19

    (1)     The authority must make the following documents available to the public:

        (a)     any environmental authorisation granted by the authority including details of the conditions to which the authorisation is subject, the person holding that authorisation and whether the authorisation is in effect;

        (b)     any environmental improvement plan submitted in compliance with a requirement by the authority;

        (c)     any emergency plan approved by the authority;

        (d)     an environment protection policy made under part 4;

        (e)     codes of practice accredited under part 5;

        (f)     any environmental protection agreement entered into by the authority;

        (g)     any environment protection order;

        (h)     any document setting out the results of a review of an environmental authorisation;

              (i)     results given to the authority of monitoring or testing required by the authority to be conducted under an environmental authorisation, environmental protection agreement or environment protection order;

        (j)     the list of auditors approved under section 75;

        (k)     environmental audit reports under division 9.2;

        (l)     the list of authorised officers;

        (m)     an order under section 91C (1) (Order to assess whether land contaminated);

        (n)     an assessment under section 91C (4) (a);

        (o)     an environmental audit under section 91C (4) (b);

        (p)     an order under section 91D (1) (Order to remediate land);

        (q)     an environmental audit under section 91D (4) (b);

        (r)     the register of contaminated sites kept under section 21A;

        (s)     any document prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     The authority must make a document mentioned in subsection (1) available by—

        (a)     making the document available for inspection without charge during ordinary business hours at an ACT government office; or

        (b)     making the document accessible without charge on an ACT government website, or by a link on an ACT government website; or

        (c)     if a person requests a copy of the document—giving the person a copy of the document on payment of any reasonable copying costs.

    (3)     This section is subject to section 21 (Exclusion of material from public access).