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

Pays/Territoire
Canada
Sous-division territoriale
British Columbia
Type du document
Législation
Date
1980 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
Institution Lutte contre la pollution Normes environnementales Planification environnementale Politique/planification Normes Protection de l’environnement
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.qp.gov.bc.ca