Section 53, The Environment Protection Agency Act, 2022

(1) The Agency may prescribe activities for which recordsshall be required to be kept for the purpose of this Act and transmitted to it at such intervals as the Agency may determine. (2) Records transmitted to the Agency under subsection (1) shall be used for purposes of- (a) an environmental audit; Certificate of analysis and its effect. Records to be kept. (i) an individual, to a fine of not less than 10,000,000.00 Leones or to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years; and (ii) a body corporate, to a fine of not less than 25,000,000.00 Leones. 49. (1) The Board may, by notice published in the Gazette, designate such laboratories as it deems it fit, to be analytical laboratories and reference laboratories. (2) A notice under subsection (1) shall specify the functions of the laboratories and the local limits or subject matter that the laboratories shall serve. 50. (1) The Board may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint or designate public officers, where it deems it fit, to serve as analyst orreference analyst for the purpose of this Act. (2) The notification in subsection (1) shall specify the functions, subject matter and local limits within which an analyst or reference analyst shall serve, provided that he may be redeployed to other laboratories. 51. (1) An authorised officer shall, before taking samples of a substance for analysis in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 48, inform the occupier that the samples will be taken for analysis. (2) Samples taken for analysis by an authorised officer under subsection (1), shall be in 3 parts, marked, sealed and distributed as follows- (a) the first part to the occupier; (b) the second part to the laboratory for analysis; (c) the third part to the Agency or its duly authorised agent. Designation of analytical and reference laboratories. Designation of analyst and reference analyst. Procedure for taking samples for analysis. No. 15 The Environment Protection Agency Act 2022 No. 15 The Environment Protection Agency Act 2022 (b) environmental monitoring; (c) pollution control; (d) inspection; (e) preparation of its Annual Environment Report; and (f) any other purpose that may be prescribed. (3) A person who fails to keep record of the activities required to be kept under subsection (1) or fraudulently alters such record, commits an offence and is liable on conviction, in the case of - 50,000,000.00 Leones or to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years or to both such fine and imprisonment; and 250,000,000.00 Leones. PART IX - INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS