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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 12 Hansard (13 November) . . Page.. 4184 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

(h) to regulate, reduce or eliminate the discharge of pollutants and hazardous substances into the air, land or water consistent with maintaining environmental quality;

(j) to allocate the costs of environmental protection and restoration equitably and in a manner that encourages responsible use of, and reduces harm to, the environment with polluters bearing the appropriate share of the costs that arise from their activities;

(k) to facilitate the implementation of national environment protection measures under national scheme laws;

(m) to provide for the monitoring and reporting of the environmental quality on a regular basis in conjunction with the Commissioner for the Environment;

(n) to control the generation, storage, collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste with a view to reducing, minimising and, where practical, eliminating harm to the environment;

(p) to adopt a precautionary approach when assessing environmental risk to ensure that all aspects of environmental quality, including ecosystem sustainability and integrity and beneficial use of the environment, are considered in assessing, and making decisions in relation to, the environment; and

(q) to co-ordinate all activities as are necessary to protect, restore or improve the Territory environment;

and this Act shall be construed and administered accordingly.".

Page 3, line 4, clause 3, subclause (2), omit "(e)", substitute "(g)".

Page 3, line 31, clause 4, definition of "area of high conservation value", paragraph (c), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

"(c) the area identified in the Territory Plan as the area to which the river corridor land use policy for the Murrumbidgee River applies; or".

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