National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)RegulationsNational Waste Information Regulations, 2012Chapter 4 : Verification of Information and General Matters10. Verification of information |
| (1) | If a provincial authority responsible for the management of waste information in that province reasonably believes that the information submitted is incorrect or misleading, a provincial authority as the case may be, may instruct a registered person who the information belongs to, in writing, to— |
| (a) | submit an audit report prepared by an independent person on the accuracy of the information that has been submitted to the Department; or |
| (b) | undertake a waste quantification survey and submit a waste quantification report prepared by an independent person. |
| (2) | An audit report or waste quantification report requested in terms of subregulation (1) must be submitted within the period determined by a provincial authority, which period may not be less than thirty (30) days. |
| (3) | A registered person is liable for all costs in connection with compliance with an instruction in terms of subregulation (2). |
| (4) | If a registered person fails to submit an audit report or waste quantification survey report contemplated in subregulation (2) within the period determined by a provincial authority, a provincial authority may— |
| (a) | appoint an independent auditor/person to perform the audit or waste quantification survey; and |
| (b) | recover the cost of the audit or waste quantification survey from the registered person. |