Environmental Trust Act 1998. Pays/Territoire Australie Sous-division territoriale New South Wales Type du document Législation Date 1998 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to fund environmental restoration, rehabilitation, research and education and to fund land acquisition for the national parks estate; to constitute the Environmental Trust to administer the funding arrangements; to repeal the Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Trust Act 1990, the Environmental Research Trust Act 1990 and the Environmental Education Trust Act 1990; to amend the Forestry Restructuring and Nature Conservation Act 1995 and other Acts; and for other purposes. Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Institution Fonds spécial Lutte contre la pollution Recherche Éducation Aire géographique Asie et Pacifique, Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande, Océan Indien, Océanie, Pacifique Sud Entry into force notes This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation. Résumé The objects of the Trust are as follows: (a) to encourage and support restoration and rehabilitation projects in both the public and the private sectors that will or are likely to prevent or reduce pollution, the waste-stream or environmental degradation, of any kind, within any part of New South Wales, (b) to promote research in both the public and the private sectors into environmental problems (c) to promote environmental education (d) to fund the acquisition of land for national parks and other categories of dedicated and reserved land for the national parks estate. The Trust may, for the purpose of promoting its objects:(a) make grants (either conditionally or subject to conditions) for projects, matters or purposes of a kind described in section 7, and (b) supervise the expenditure of money so granted, and (c) expend money as authorized by section 16 (Special provision for pollution clean-up costs), and (d) engage in such other activities relating to its objects as the Minister may approve. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www6.austlii.edu.au