Compliance guidelines

    Compliance and Enforcement

    Information and guidance is developed in line with legislative requirements. Some guidance is general in nature and others more descriptive, such as the statutory tools used by the department.

    Statutory tools

    Declarations are required in certain circumstances when submitting reports and plans to the department in response to a statutory tool. These instances include:

    Recipient

    If you are the recipient of an environmental investigation notice, in accordance with section 326E of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 you are required to declare that:

    • You have not knowingly given false or misleading information to the person who carried out the environmental investigation; and
    • You have provided all relevant information to the person who carried out the environmental investigation for the purpose of submitting an environmental report.

    Recipients can use the Statutory Declaration templates published on the Queensland Government Publications portal. These can be electronically witnessed by following the process described on the publications portal.

    Suitably Qualified Person

    If you are a suitably qualified person, engaged by a recipient of a statutory notice or order, to complete any of the following under chapter 7, part 8 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994:

    • conduct a site investigation
    • prepare a validation report
    • prepare a draft site management plan or draft amendment of a site management plan.

    The report or plan must be accompanied by a declaration in accordance with section 566 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994.

    For further information go to Suitably qualified persons | Environment, land and water | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au).

    Auditor

    If you are an auditor engaged by a recipient of a statutory notice or order to certify a contaminated land investigation document, such as a site investigation report. The certification must include a declaration in accordance with section 574C of the Environmental Protection Act 1994.

    For further information go to Auditors | Environment, land and water | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au).