South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) A tenement holder
must, at the direction of the Minister, do 1 or both of the following:
(a)
carry out specified tests, environmental monitoring or other
investigations (a "program audit") relating to any authorised operations
carried out under the relevant mineral tenement;
(b)
comply with the requirements or outcomes of a program audit to the
satisfaction of the Minister.
(2) The Minister may,
in acting under subsection (1), provide directions about 1 or more
of the following:
(a) the
independence, qualifications or experience of a person who will carry out a
program audit;
(b) the
period within which a program audit must be completed;
(c) the
provision of a report or reports to the Minister.
(3) A program audit
must be carried out in accordance with any requirements prescribed by the
regulations.
(4) Without limiting
subsection (1)(b), the Minister may rely on any information provided in a
report under this section for the purposes of requiring a review of a program
under section 70C.
(5) Without limiting
subsection (2)(a), the Minister may require that the audit be conducted
by a person approved by the Minister.
(6) Any cost
associated with a requirement under this section will be borne by the
tenement holder.