Environmental Protection Regulations 1987

A person may apply to the Chief Executive Officer for monitoring equipment to be approved.

Subject to subregulation (3), an application for approval of monitoring equipment is to be in a form approved by the Chief Executive Officer.

The Chief Executive Officer must allow an application to be made by telephone or other electronic means if the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that, due to the malfunction of approved monitoring equipment or some other reasonable cause, it is necessary to deal with an application as a matter of urgency.

A person who makes an application under subregulation (3) must, as soon as practicable, also make the application for approval of the monitoring equipment in the form approved by the Chief Executive Officer under subregulation (2).

If an application made under subregulation (3) is approved, the approval lapses —

if an application is not made under subregulation (2) within 30 days of the day on which the approval was granted; or

in any other case, 60 days after the day on which the approval was granted.

If a person applies to the Chief Executive Officer for monitoring equipment to be approved, the Chief Executive Officer may —

require the applicant to provide more information before deciding whether or not to grant the approval; or

allow the applicant to provide more information or amend its application before deciding whether or not to grant the approval; or

refuse to grant the approval; or

grant the approval.

Within 60 days of —

the making of an application under subregulation (1); or

the amendment of the application under subregulation (6)(b) or the provision of information under subregulation (6)(a) or (b),

determine the application.

If the application is refused, the Chief Executive Officer is to provide the person who applied for the approval with a statement of the reasons for refusing the application.

If the application is granted, the Chief Executive Officer is to issue a certificate of approval to the applicant.

A certificate of the Chief Executive Officer stating that monitoring equipment is or is not approved monitoring equipment is conclusive proof of that fact.