Annual reporting on general environmental matters
29 Annual reporting on general environmental matters
A licensee must, on or before the reporting day in each year, furnish a report to the Minister—
containing the following details (or so many of the following details as may be specified by notice given to the licensee by the Minister) in relation to the preceding reporting year:
details about water discharged from farming structures, for
example—
a description of where and how the water has been discharged (including details of bodies of water to which it has been discharged);
or
a statement of whether the water has been treated before discharge and, if it has, a statement of how the water has been treated; or
for each month—the volume in litres of water discharged;
details about farming practices carried on by the licensee, for
example—
the amount and type of supplemental feed used in connection with each farming structure in the licence area; or
the amount and type of any chemical substances used in the licence area; or
the dates on which the chemical substances were used;
if the author of the report is not the licensee—the author's name and address;
any other details required by the Minister and specified in the notice; and
accompanied by a copy of the most recent report (if any) prepared by the licensee under regulation 30 containing the results (if any) of the testing of the water samples provided by the laboratory.
Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $7 500.
Expiation fee: $750.
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