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Environment Protection Act 2019
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3 Objects
The objects of this Act are:
(a) to protect the environment of the Territory; and
(b) to promote ecologically sustainable development so that the
wellbeing of the people of the Territory is maintained or
improved without adverse impact on the environment of the
Territory; and
(c) to recognise the role of environmental impact assessment and
environmental approval in promoting the protection and
management of the environment of the Territory; and
(ca) to recognise the role of environmental licensing of mining
activities in promoting the protection and management of the
environment of the Territory; and
(d) to provide for broad community involvement during the
process of environmental impact assessment, environmental
approval and environmental (mining) licensing; and
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(e) to recognise the role that Aboriginal people have as stewards
of their country as conferred under their traditions and
recognised in law, and the importance of participation by
Aboriginal people and communities in environmental decision-
making processes.