Victorian Current Acts

SUSTAINABILITY VICTORIA ACT 2005 - SECT 4

It is the intention of Parliament that in the administration of this Act the following are to be considered as guiding principles—

        (a)     that decision making processes should effectively integrate both long-term and short-term economic, environmental, social and equity considerations;

        (b)     if there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation;

        (c)     the need to consider the global dimension of environmental impacts of actions and policies;

        (d)     the need to develop a strong, growing and diversified economy which can enhance the capacity for environment protection;

        (e)     the need to maintain and enhance international competitiveness in an environmentally sound manner;

        (f)     the need to adopt cost effective and flexible policy instruments such as improved valuation, pricing and incentive mechanisms;

        (g)     the need to facilitate community involvement in decisions and actions on issues that affect the community.

Part 2—Sustainability Victoria