National Environment (Conduct and Certification of Environmental Practitioners) Regulations, 2003 (S.I. No. 85 of 2003).

These Regulations provide rules for the professional conduct of Environmental Auditors and Environmental Impact Assessors and any persons prescribed by the Board to conduct environmental impact assessments or studies in accordance with these Regulations
The 46 regulations are divided into 6 Parts: Preliminary (I); Establishment and Functions of the Committee of Environmental Practitioners (II); Certification of Environmental Practitioners (III); Registration of Environmental Practitioners (IV); Code of Practice and Discipline of Environmental Practitioners (V); Miscellaneous provisions (VI).
The object of these Regulations is to establish a system so as to ensure that environmental impact assessments or environmental audits are carried out in an independent, objective and impartial manner. The Committee of Environmental Practitioners is established under regulation 5. The Committee shall regulate certification, registration, conduct and practice of Environmental Practitioners. Regulation 26 provides for a Register of Environmental Practitioners. Every certified and registered Environmental Practitioner shall be subject to Code of Practice and Discipline of Environmental Practitioners as set out in the Fifth Schedule.