(2) Before granting an approval under subsection (1)(b), the Agency may, in any of the following circumstances, in writing direct the registered person to have its monitoring plan first assessed by an external auditor:
- (a) the Agency considers that specialised technical knowledge is required to assess any process at the business facility;
- (b) the Agency disagrees with the registered person on any matter set out in the monitoring plan,
and the registered person must comply with the direction.
(3) Where subsection (2) applies, the registered person must submit to the Agency, within the time specified in the direction under that subsection, the report by the external auditor containing the external auditor’s assessment.
(4) The registered person must, in the prescribed circumstances, revise a monitoring plan approved by the Agency.
(5) Where the Agency approves any monitoring plan (including one rectified or recomputed under section 14(1) or 15(2)), the Agency must specify the date (whether a date before, on or after the date on which the approval is actually granted) from which the monitoring plan has effect for the purposes of section 12(1)(a).
(6) Any approval given by the Agency for a monitoring plan for a taxable facility of a registered person ceases to be valid with effect from the deregistration of the taxable facility as such.
Division 2—Inaccurate, etc., emissions reports and monitoring plans, etc.
Inaccuracies, etc., in emissions reports and monitoring plans, etc., identified by Agency
14.—(1) The Agency may, in respect of any incomplete or inaccurate emissions report or monitoring plan, in writing direct the registered person to do all of the following, within the time period specified in the direction or such longer time as the Agency may allow in any particular case:
