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Environment Protection Act 2019
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136 Minister may establish environment protection funds
(1) The Minister may establish one or more environment protection
funds in accordance with the regulations.
(2) The Minister must, by Gazette notice, specify the purposes of each
fund.
(3) The purposes of an environment protection fund may include
providing funds for any of the following:
(a) actions taken in the event of an environmental emergency;
(b) works for the remediation of environmental harm;
(c) works for the rehabilitation of the environment;
(d) works for the protection of the environment;
(e) research into the environmental impacts of particular
industries;
(f) research into the management of the environmental impacts
of particular industries;
(g) other activities relating to protecting or enhancing the
(4) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may establish separate
environment protection funds for different industries.