Sri Lanka Sustainable Development Act, No. 19 of 2017. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to Provide for the Development and Implementation of a National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka; For the establishment of a Sustainable Development Council and for Matters Connected Therewith or Incidental Thereto. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Sustainable development Sustainable use Institution Governance Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Policy/planning Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The objects of this Act shall be to: a) ensure that the National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development is prepared in accordance with section 11 and provide the legal framework for developing and implementing such National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development; b) ensure an ecologically efficient use of natural, social and economic resources; c) to promote the integration and maintain the equipoise of environmental, economic and social factors in the making of all decisions by government; and d) formulate strategies in accordance with paragraphs (a-c). In addition, this Act establishes a Council called the Sustainable Development Council. The Council shall, by the name assigned to it by this section be a body Corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in such name. The Powers, functions and duties of the Council are: to facilitate the achievement of national, regional and international commitments relating to sustainable development; to formulate National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development in consultation and with the concurrence of all relevant parties and nine Provincial Councils and place before the Cabinet of Ministers for approval; to review and update the National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development periodically; to issue guidelines relating to sustainable development to the ministries, provincial councils and project approving agencies in respect of new development projects; etc. Full text English Website www.parliament.lk