sec.14Council may make national environment protection measures

sec.14 Council may make national environment protection measures

The Council may, by instrument in writing, make a measure, to be known as a national environment protection measure, that relates to any 1 or more of the following— ambient air quality; ambient marine, estuarine and fresh water quality; the protection of amenity in relation to noise (but only if differences in environmental requirements relating to noise would have an adverse effect on national markets for goods and services); general guidelines for the assessment of site contamination; environmental impacts associated with hazardous wastes; the re-use and recycling of used materials; except as provided in subsection (2) , motor vehicle noise and emissions. Noise and emission standards relating to the design, construction and technical characteristics of new and in-service motor vehicles may only— be developed and agreed in conjunction with the National Transport Commission; and be determined in accordance with the National Transport Commission Act 2003 (Cwlth) and, where appropriate, the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (Cwlth) . National environment protection measures must each comprise 1 or more of the following— a national environment protection standard; a national environment protection goal; a national environment protection guideline; a national environment protection protocol. s 14 amd 2007 No. 36 s 2 sch ; 2019 No. 29 s 6I (sec.14-ssec.1) The Council may, by instrument in writing, make a measure, to be known as a national environment protection measure, that relates to any 1 or more of the following— ambient air quality; ambient marine, estuarine and fresh water quality; the protection of amenity in relation to noise (but only if differences in environmental requirements relating to noise would have an adverse effect on national markets for goods and services); general guidelines for the assessment of site contamination; environmental impacts associated with hazardous wastes; the re-use and recycling of used materials; except as provided in subsection (2) , motor vehicle noise and emissions. (sec.14-ssec.2) Noise and emission standards relating to the design, construction and technical characteristics of new and in-service motor vehicles may only— be developed and agreed in conjunction with the National Transport Commission; and be determined in accordance with the National Transport Commission Act 2003 (Cwlth) and, where appropriate, the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (Cwlth) . (sec.14-ssec.3) National environment protection measures must each comprise 1 or more of the following— a national environment protection standard; a national environment protection goal; a national environment protection guideline; a national environment protection protocol.

• (a) ambient air quality;
• (b) ambient marine, estuarine and fresh water quality;
• (c) the protection of amenity in relation to noise (but only if differences in environmental requirements relating to noise would have an adverse effect on national markets for goods and services);