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Ministry of Environment Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 299).

País/Territorio
Canadá
Subdivisión territorial
British Columbia
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1980 (2011)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Institución Control de la contaminación Normas sobre calidad ambiental Planificación ambiental Política/planificación Normas Protección del medio ambiente
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Asia y Pacifico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

The present Act lays down provisions relating to the establishment of a Ministry of Environment. The purposes and functions of the Ministry are, under the direction of the minister, to administer matters relating to the environment. They include the following: (a) to encourage and maintain an optimum quality environment through specific objectives for the management and protection of land, water, air and living resources of British Columbia; (b) to undertake inventories and to plan for and assist in planning, as required, for the effective management, protection and conservation of all water, land, air, plant life and animal life; (c) to manage, protect and conserve all water, land, air, plant life and animal life, having regard to the economic and social benefits they may confer on British Columbia; (d) to set standards for, collect, store, retrieve, analyze and make available environmental data;(e) to monitor environmental conditions of specific developments and to assess and report to the minister on general environmental conditions in British Columbia. The text consists of 6 sections.

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.qp.gov.bc.ca