This Act, consisting of 140 sections divided into 15 Parts and completed by one Schedule, concerns the protection of the environment and provides for the establishment and organization of the Environment Protection Authority and of the Environment Protection Fund. The Act is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (1); Objects of Act (2); Administering agencies, conferences and the Fund (3); General environmental duty (4); Environment protection policies (5); Environmental authorizations and development authorizations (6); Sustainability licence endorsements (6A); Voluntary audits and environment performance agreements (7); Special environment protection provisions (8); General offences (9); Enforcement (10); Special provisions and enforcement powers for site contamination (10A); Civil remedies and penalties (11); Emergency authorizations (12); Appeals to Court (13); Public register (14) and Miscellaneous (15).
Environment Protection Act 1993.