National Environment Protection Council (Queensland) Act 1994. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Queensland Document type Legislation Date 1994 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Protection Council, and related purposes. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution Environmental planning Sub-national agreement Policy/planning Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 15 September 1994. Abstract The Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and the Australian Local Government Association have entered into an Agreement known as the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment setting out certain responsibilities of each party in relation to the environment. That Agreement provides that the Commonwealth and States will make joint legislative provision for the establishment of a body to determine national environment protection measures. This Act provides for Queensland for the establishment, membership, operation, management, powers and other matters of the National Environment Protection Council. The Council shall make national environment protection measures in accordance with Division 2 of Part of this Act and assess and report on the implementation and effectiveness, in Queensland and other participating jurisdictions, of national environment protection measures (sect. 12). Powers of the Council are set out in section 13. Full text English Website www.legislation.qld.gov.au