Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222)

23 Any report or information that is required to be provided to the Minister of the Environment under these Regulations shall be submitted electronically in the format provided by the Department of the Environment, but the report or information shall be submitted in writing if

• (a) no such format has been provided; or

• (b) it is, owing to circumstances beyond the control of either the owner or the operator, impracticable to submit the report or information electronically in the format provided.