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National Environment Protection Council Act 1994
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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