Victorian Numbered Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2021 (SR NO 47 OF 2021) - REG 164

For the purposes of section 190(1)(d) of the Act, the prescribed functions of an environmental auditor are the following—

        (a)     to verify actions and measures undertaken to comply with any of the following (including conducting any relevant tests and analysis)—

              (i)     a notice issued under section 271, 272, 273 or 274 of the Act;

              (ii)     an order issued under section 275 of the Act;

              (iii)     a condition of a permission;

              (iv)     guidelines issued by the Authority under the Act;

Example

To verify whether or not a monitoring plan required under an environmental action notice has been implemented in accordance with the plan, the environmental auditor may undertake a site inspection, assess sampling and analysis procedures against relevant guidelines issued by the Authority, and audit a representative sample of monitoring data.

        (b)     to undertake an independent assessment under section 222 of the Act of a matter contained in the prescribed risk assessment criteria where the method for calculating financial assurance amounts published under section 223 of the Act provides that the assessment may be conducted by an environmental auditor;

        (c)     to perform any function conferred on an environmental auditor under a legislative instrument made under any Act;

Example

The Victoria Planning Provisions confer a function on an environmental auditor to verify whether or not an acoustic assessment undertaken for the purpose of the post-construction noise assessment on a wind farm has been conducted in accordance with the relevant standard.

        (d)     any function approved by the Authority in accordance with regulation 165.