Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 486E

  (1)   This Division   applies if the Minister believes, on reasonable grounds, that a person is capable of giving information, or producing books, records or documents, that are relevant for the purposes of investigating or preventing:

  (a)   an offence against an environmental law; or

  (b)   a contravention of an environmental penalty provision.

  (2)   In this Division:

"official" means any of the following:

  (a)   the Minister;

  (b)   an officer or employee in the Department;

  (c)   the Director;

  (d)   the Chief Executive Officer of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority;

  (e)   a member of the staff of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.