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Australian Capital Territory Environmental Law Handbook ACT Environmental Law Handbook Edited by Camilla Taylor Note: The information contained herein is a re...
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RisksOfTakingActionCriminalCharges
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Risks of taking action—criminal charges Introduction Protest is not uncommon in Canberra city, the site of the Commonwealth Parliament. If you are charged with c...
ReviewInACATOrTheACTSupremeCourt
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Review in ACAT or the ACT Supreme Court Under section 136D of the Act an 'eligible person' may apply to the ACAT for review of a decision of the EPA. An eligible ...
EnvironmentProtectionAct1997
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Environment Protection Act 1997 Objects of the Act The objects of the Act (s 3C) are extensive. They include: * to protect and enhance the quality of the envi...
CommonwealthHeritageProtection
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Commonwealth heritage protection Introduction There are a number of different types of heritage protection in Commonwealth legislation relating to: * World H...
ACTHeritageProtection
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ACT heritage protection The Heritage Act 2004 (ACT) (‘Heritage Act’) provides a comprehensive scheme for the recognition, registration and protection of heritage ...
WaterResourcesAct2007ACT
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Water Resources Act 2007 (ACT) Unless otherwise specified, references in this section to provisions of an Act are references to provisions of the Water Resources ...
ManagementPlans
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Management plans Public land in the ACT must be managed by a ‘public land management plan’ (Planning Act s 318). There are two different types of public land mana...
ProtectingTreesUnderTheAct
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Protecting trees under the Act Tree management precincts and regulated trees The minister is responsible for determining the criteria for declaring an area be a ...
ConclusionBiodiversityConservation
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Conclusion This chapter has provided an introduction to the legislative provisions framing some interactions with biodiversity in the ACT. Natural resource manage...
ProtectingBiodiversity
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Protecting biodiversity The Nature Conservation Act requires a number of plans to be prepared to assist with the protection of biodiversity, as well as creating a...
IdentifyingSpeciesAndCommunitiesAtRisk
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Identifying species and communities at risk Threatened native species, ecological communities and key threatening processes Part 4.1 of the Nature Conservation A...
MechanismsForProtectingBiodiversity
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Mechanisms for protecting biodiversity National policy development Australia’s first national biodiversity strategy, developed to fulfil Australia’s obligations ...
CommonwealthEPBCAct
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Commonwealth EPBC Act Introduction Activities or development undertaken in the ACT may trigger the operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conse...
AssessmentOfDevelopmentProposals
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Assessment of development proposals Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is a document that assists the ACT government an...
DevelopmentApprovals
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Development approvals Most development applications are determined by ACTPLA. ACTPLA can decide to approve a development as per the DA, or it may decide to approv...
DevelopmentApplicationsToACTPLA
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Development applications to ACTPLA Introduction In the ACT the development of land which is not within a designated area under the NCP is managed by ACTPLA. ACTP...
CommonwealthPlanningResponsibility
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Commonwealth planning responsibility The Commonwealth’s planning responsibility relates to Canberra as the National Capital. It is established through the NCP, wh...
ParliamentAndLegislation
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Parliament and legislation Power to make laws The Commonwealth Parliament has power to make laws only in relation to those subject matters that are outlined in t...
Contacts
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Contents ACT government agencies ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment Post: GPO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6207 2626 Fax: (02) 62...
ConclusionTakingAction
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Conclusion By taking action to protect the environment, groups and individuals directly confront ingrained values and behaviours of self interest, apathy and gree...
RisksOfSpeakingOutDefamation
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Risks of speaking out—defamation What is defamation? Defamation occurs when a ‘publication’ (see below) identifies a person and conveys a meaning that tends to: ...
LegalRemedies
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Legal remedies Internal review (or review within the agency) If you are unhappy with a government or agency response or decision, the first step is usually to co...
AccessToInformation
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Access to information There are many sources of public information that may be of assistance when taking action. Clues to corporate decision making can be found b...
FindingLikeMindedPeople
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Finding like minded people What makes some people decide to take action on environmental issues? There are different reasons people get together, including the de...
IntroductionTakingAction
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Introduction Canberra is a transient base for politicians from the States and Territories. Accordingly, it attracts a large number of lobbyists, think tanks and b...
ConclusionSustainability
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Conclusion In comparison to other Australian jurisdictions, ACT laws are quite progressive in response to climate change and the promotion of renewable energy. Ho...
ClimateChangeAndTheLaw
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Climate change and the law Introduction In the ACT, the problem of climate change raises a host of complex, interconnected issues of energy supply and use, trans...
WaterAndSustainabilityLaw
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Water and sustainability law Water and ACT planning law In order to improve the water efficiency of residential, commercial and industrial developments in the AC...
SustainabilityInACTPlanningLaw
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Sustainability in ACT planning law Introduction A key way in which sustainability issues intersect with the law concerns their treatment under planning and devel...
SustainabilityAndTheLaw
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Sustainability and the law Sustainability is most often understood in relation to the principles of ecologically sustainable development (ESD), which can be broad...
IntroductionSustainability
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Introduction The most recent ACT State of the Environment Report (2011) found that in the ACT, ‘Our city, our economy and our society rely on the environment. How...
HumanRightAct2004AndEnvironmentRelatedRights
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Human Rights Act 2004 and environment related rights The EDO argued for a specific environmental right when submitting to the 12 month review of the Human Rights ...
IntroductionStoppingEnvironmentalHarm
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Introduction Any given morning at around 5am the noise from the back of the commercial premises and laneway can be heard loudly from your new apartment. What can ...
TreesNotProtectedUnderTheTreeProtectionAct
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Trees not protected under the Tree Protection Act Introduction As previously noted, the Tree Protection Act only provides protection for trees on land in built u...
NeighboursTrees
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Neighbours' trees Trees commonly cause problems between neighbours in residential areas because of the spread of branches or roots from one property to another. T...
TreesOnNationalLandAndDesignatedAreas
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Trees on national land and designated areas The complex, dual system of land management and control in the ACT is outlined in Chapter 2 of this Handbook. Simplist...
ConclusionHeritageProtection
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Conclusion As this brief overview shows, both territory and Commonwealth heritage schemes apply in the ACT. There is legislation governing heritage places and obj...
IntroductionHeritageProtection
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Introduction Heritage is generally understood as those unique places and objects that are valued by communities for their historic, spiritual, cultural, ecologica...
AcknowledgementsACTEnvLawHbk
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Acknowledgements The EDO ACT wishes to express its thanks and gratitude for the valuable work and contribution of the many volunteers who assisted in the making o...
PrefaceACTEnvLawHbk
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Preface This is the third edition of the ACT Environmental Law Handbook to be published by the Environmental Defenders’ Office of the ACT (EDO ACT). It is an up t...
OtherLegislationAndinstrumentsACT
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Other legislation and instruments Planning and Development Act 2007 (ACT) The Planning and Development Act 2007 (ACT) (‘Planning Act’) provides for the preparati...
EnforcementOfTheWaterResourcesAct
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Enforcement of the Water Resources Act The EPA has extensive powers to investigate and enforce breaches of the Water Resources Act. For example, authorised office...
WaterResourcesRegulation2007
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Water Resources Regulation 2007 The Water Resources Regulation exempts certain activities from the requirements under the Water Resources Act to have a water acce...
IntroductionProtectingOurWater
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Millions have lived without love. None has lived without water. Old Turkish proverb Introduction Our future prosperity depends on the wise management of our most...
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