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Environmental Assessment Act (S.Y. 2003, c. 2).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Yukon
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Land & soil
Keyword
EIA Environmental planning Institution Indigenous peoples Policy/planning
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Act concern environmental assessment as a means to integrating environmental factors into planning and decision making processes in order to promote sustainable development. The Act contains provisions on the projects requiring environmental assessment (sect. 4), on the environmental assessment process (sect. 10), on decisions and appeals against decisions and on dispute settlement. Under section 49, the Yukon Environmental Assessment Branch is established and its organization, powers and duties are set in the following sections.

Full text
English/French
Website
www.gov.yk.ca

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Environmental Assessment Act - Repeal (Y.O.I.C. 2005/202).

Legislation | Canada | 2005

Keyword: EIA, Environmental planning, Institution, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX