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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 320B

Duty of particular employees to notify employer

320B Duty of particular employees to notify employer

(1) This section applies if the person is carrying out the primary activity during the person’s employment or engagement by, or as the agent of, someone else (the
"employer" ).
(2) However, this section does not apply if the person is carrying out the primary activity as a rehabilitation auditor performing functions for an audit of a PRCP schedule or an auditor performing auditor’s functions mentioned in section 568 .
(3) The person must, no later than 24 hours after becoming aware of the event and unless the person has a reasonable excuse—
(a) notify the employer of the event, its nature and the circumstances in which it happened; or
(b) if the employer can not be contacted—give the administering authority written notice of the event, its nature and the circumstances in which it happened.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.



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