Duties re impartiality
 31. (1) An accredited verification body shall comply with clause 5.4 of ISO 14065. (2) An accredited verification body shall not conduct a verification of a GHG report if any of the following circumstances apply: 1. The accredited verification body has a potential conflict of interest that is a threat to the body’s impartiality or there is another threat to the body’s impartiality and the threat cannot be effectively managed with a mitigation plan that the Director has consented to in writing. 2. If the GHG report was given to the Director with respect to specified GHG activities engaged in at a facility, i. the accredited verification body has provided greenhouse gas consultancy services to the owner or operator of the facility within the previous three years and the resulting threat to the body’s impartiality cannot be effectively managed with a mitigation plan that the Director has consented to in writing, or ii. the accredited verification body has verified six consecutive reports prepared with respect to the facility, unless at least three years have passed since the last verification. 3. If the GHG report was given to the Director with respect to electricity importation, natural gas distribution or petroleum product supply, i. the accredited verification body has provided greenhouse gas consultancy services to the person within the previous three years and the resulting threat to the body’s impartiality cannot be effectively managed with a mitigation plan that the Director has consented to in writing, or ii. the accredited verification body has verified six consecutive reports prepared by the person, unless at least three years have passed since the last verification. (3) For the purposes of subparagraph 2 i or 3 i of subsection (2), an accredited verification body provides greenhouse gas consultancy services if it provides any of the following services: 1. Greenhouse gas quantification. 2. Greenhouse gas data monitoring or recording. 3. Greenhouse gas information system or internal auditing services. 4. Training that supports greenhouse gas emissions reporting under this Regulation or any other greenhouse gas reporting program. (4) If an accredited verification body ceases to verify GHG reports with respect to a facility or with respect to activities engaged in by a person, after having verified such reports for two or more consecutive years, the accredited verification body shall not verify a GHG report with respect to the facility or with respect to the person’s activities until at least three years have passed. (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), references to a GHG report include a report prepared under the EPA Regulation. (6) Before completing a verification of a GHG report, an accredited verification body shall assess the potential for any compromised impartiality in conducting the verification and provide to the Director a written assessment report that, (a) identifies any potential compromised impartiality; and (b) if any potential compromised impartiality is identified under clause (a), proposes a mitigation plan in respect of it. (7) After verification of a GHG report has begun, the accredited verification body shall, if any potential compromise of its impartiality arises, immediately undertake the assessment mentioned in subsection (6) and submit a written assessment report in accordance with that subsection to the Director.