96NReview of environment protection policy

96N Review of environment protection policy

(1)  [Section 96N Subsection (1) amended by No. 75 of 2007, s. 15, Applied:01 Jul 2008] The Minister must review an environment protection policy at least once within each period of 10 years after it came into operation or the last review was conducted for the purposes of –

(a) assessing the effectiveness of the environment protection policy in achieving its stated objectives; and

(b) assessing whether, and how effectively, the environment protection policy has furthered the objectives set out in Schedule 1 ; and

(c) assessing the social and economic impact of the policy; and

(d) determining whether the environment protection policy should be retained in the same form, amended or revoked.

(2)  In conducting a review, the Minister may obtain information in the manner, and from the persons, the Minister considers appropriate.