Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 542

542 Inspection of register

(1) The relevant entity must, for a register mentioned in section 540 (1) or 540A (1) , other than the environmental management register or contaminated land register—

(a) keep the register open for inspection by members of the public—

(i) if the register is kept on a website—on the website; or

(ii) otherwise—during office hours on business days at the entity’s relevant office for the administration of this Act; and

(b) permit a person to take extracts from the register or, on payment of the appropriate fee by a person, give the person a copy of the register, or part of it.

(2) The fee for a copy of the register or part of it is the amount that—

(a) the relevant entity considers to be reasonable; and

(b) is not more than the reasonable cost of making the copy.

(3) The chief executive must, on payment of the fee prescribed under a regulation, permit members of the public to obtain extracts from the environmental management register or contaminated land register.