(6) Subject to this section, the Council shall regulate its own procedure. PART IV ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AGENCY 9 Establishment of Environmental Management Agency There is hereby established an Agency, to be known as the Environmental Management Agency, which shall be a body corporate capable of suing and being sued in its own name and, subject to this Act, of performing all acts that bodies corporate may by law perform. 10 Functions and powers of Agency (1) Subject to this Act and any other enactment, the functions of the Agency shall be⎯ (a) to formulate quality standards on air, water, soil, noise, vibration, radiation and waste management; (b) to assist and participate in any matter pertaining to the management of the environment; and in particular⎯ (i) to develop guidelines for the preparation of the National Plan, environmental management plans and local environmental action plans; (ii) to regulate and monitor the collection, disposal, treatment and recycling of waste; (iii) to regulate and monitor the discharge or emission of any pollutant or hazardous substance into the environment; (iv) to keep records in the form of registers of all licences and permits issued under this Act; (v) to regulate and monitor the control of invasive alien species; (vi) to regulate, monitor, review, and approve environmental impact assessments; (vii) to regulate and monitor the management and utilisation of ecologically fragile ecosystems; (viii) to make model by-laws to establish measures for the management of the environment within the jurisdiction of the local authorities; (ix) to develop and implement incentives for the protection of the environment; (x) to recommend to the Government the conventions which the country may join, and incorporate their provisions into national law; (xi) to co-ordinate the production of a report on the state of the environment every five years for the purpose of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section five; (xii) to undertake any works deemed necessary or desirable for the protection or management of the environmental where it appears to be in the public interest or where in its opinion an appropriate authority has neglected to do so; (xiii) to serve written orders on any persons requiring them to undertake or adopt such measures as are specified in the orders to protect the environment; (xiv) to carry out periodic environmental audits of any projects including projects whose implementation started before the fixed date for the purpose of ensuring that their implementation complies with the requirements of this Act; 15