5Earlier republications 83

5 Earlier republications 83 An Act to provide for the establishment of a national environment protection council, and for related purposes Preamble Preamble The Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and the Australian Local Government Association have entered into an agreement known as the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment setting out certain responsibilities of each party in relation to the environment. That agreement provides that the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory will make joint legislative provision for the establishment of a body to determine national environment protection measures. That agreement further provides that once the form of the joint legislative provision for the establishment of the body has been agreed to, the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory will submit to their parliaments or legislative assemblies, and take such steps as are appropriate to secure the passage of, bills containing that legislation. The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows: Preliminary Part 1