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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 5.5

Duty to consider environmental impact

5.5 Duty to consider environmental impact

(cf previous s 111)

(1) For the purpose of attaining the objects of this Act relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment, a determining authority in its consideration of an activity shall, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act or the provisions of any other Act or of any instrument made under this or any other Act, examine and take into account to the fullest extent possible all matters affecting or likely to affect the environment by reason of that activity.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), a determining authority shall consider the effect of an activity on any wilderness area (within the meaning of the Wilderness Act 1987 ) in the locality in which the activity is intended to be carried on.



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