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TASMANIA
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION
CONTROL AMENDMENT (EPA INDEPENDENCE) BILL 2021
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 14A inserted
14A. Authority not subject to direction or control of Minister
5. Sections 15, 15A, 15B and 15C repealed
6. Repeal of Act
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION
CONTROL AMENDMENT (EPA INDEPENDENCE) BILL
2021
(Brought in by Rosalie Ellen Woodruff MP)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Environmental Management and Pollution
Control Act 1994 to provide for the independence of the
Environmental Protection Authority
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of
Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Environmental Management
and Pollution Control Amendment (EPA Independence)
Act 2021.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Environmental Management and
Pollution Control Act 1994* is referred to as the Principal
Act.
*No. 44 of 1994
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Environmental Management and Pollution Control Amendment (EPA
Independence) Act 2021
Act No. of 2021
s. 4
4. Section 14A inserted
After section 14 of the Principal Act, the following section
is inserted in Division 1 of Part 2:
14A. Authority not subject to direction or control of
Minister
The Authority is not subject to the direction or
control of the Minister in respect of the performance
or exercise of its functions or powers.
5. Sections 15, 15A, 15B and 15C repealed
Sections 15, 15A, 15B and 15C of the Principal Act are
repealed.
6. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and sixty fifth
day from the day on which all of the provisions of this Act
commence.