Environmental Review Tribunal Act, 2000 (S.O. 2000, c. 26).

The present Act serves to amalgamate the Environmental Assessment Board and the Environmental Appeal Board. The Tribunal is composed of not fewer than five persons appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. The Tribunal provides both an independent and impartial review of the decisions of directors appointed by the Minister of the Environment and the decisions of the Niagara Escarpment Commission, as well as a fair and unbiased public hearing process which assesses the merits of proposed development projects, plans or programmes that will have an impact on the environment. The text – consisting of 19 sections – deals with the following aspects: composition of Tribunal, chair and vice chair, remuneration, employees, joint sittings, quorum, participation, crown liability, inspection of premises, identification.