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ACTEnvLawHandbookhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/ACTEnvLawHandbook2019-10-31T09:02:49+11:00Australian Capital Territory Environmental Law Handbook ACT Environmental Law Handbook Edited by Camilla Taylor Note: The information contained herein is a re... (last changed by ChrisKenward)ChrisKenwardACTLawHbkWebBottomBarhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/ACTLawHbkWebBottomBar2018-05-24T10:16:10+10:00ACTLawHbkWebBottomBar Default ACTLawHbkWebBottomBar component. Please do not modify. Use .ACTLawHbkWebBottomBar instead. %IF{"'' ingroup 'AdminGroup'" then=' ... (last changed by ChrisKenward)ChrisKenwardWebBottomBarhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/WebBottomBar2018-05-24T10:14:57+10:00WebBottomBar Default WebBottomBar component. Please do not modify. Use .WebBottomBar instead. %IF{"'' ingroup 'AdminGroup'" then=' %FORMATLIST{ "%FLEXWEBL... (last changed by ChrisKenward)ChrisKenwardPublishPluginHistoryhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/PublishPluginHistory2017-11-13T01:58:43+11:00Publishing Details Publisher: AdminUser Date: 13 Nov 2017 00:58 Dir: /home/www/foswiki/pub/publish/ URL: http://austlii.community/foswiki/pub/publish// Web(s): ... (last changed by AdminUser)AdminUserWebPreferenceshttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/WebPreferences2017-08-14T14:25:31+10:00ACTEnvLawHbk Web Preferences Appearance * Set WEBBGCOLOR = #efefef * web specific background color, current color * Set SITEMAPLIST = off * s... (last changed by PhilipChung)PhilipChungWebHomehttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/WebHome2017-08-14T13:31:22+10:00%IF{"$WEBSUMMARY = ''" then=" "}% * Table of contents About the Handbook The ACT Environmental Law Handbook Online ('the Handbook') has been developed as an ... (last changed by PhilipChung)PhilipChungRisksOfTakingActionCriminalChargeshttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/RisksOfTakingActionCriminalCharges2016-08-20T22:29:44+10:00Risks 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... (last changed by PhilipChung)PhilipChungReviewInACATOrTheACTSupremeCourthttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/ReviewInACATOrTheACTSupremeCourt2016-08-20T22:29:08+10:00Review 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 ... (last changed by PhilipChung)PhilipChungEnvironmentProtectionAct1997https://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/EnvironmentProtectionAct19972016-08-20T22:26:48+10:00Environment 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... (last changed by PhilipChung)PhilipChungCommonwealthHeritageProtectionhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/CommonwealthHeritageProtection2016-08-19T16:39:22+10:00Commonwealth heritage protection Introduction There are a number of different types of heritage protection in Commonwealth legislation relating to: * World H... (last changed by DominicSmith)DominicSmithACTHeritageProtectionhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/ACTHeritageProtection2016-08-19T16:37:47+10:00ACT heritage protection The Heritage Act 2004 (ACT) (‘Heritage Act’) provides a comprehensive scheme for the recognition, registration and protection of heritage ... (last changed by DominicSmith)DominicSmithWaterResourcesAct2007ACThttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/WaterResourcesAct2007ACT2016-08-19T16:35:17+10:00Water Resources Act 2007 (ACT) Unless otherwise specified, references in this section to provisions of an Act are references to provisions of the Water Resources ... (last changed by DominicSmith)DominicSmithManagementPlanshttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/ManagementPlans2016-08-19T16:31:43+10:00Management 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... (last changed by DominicSmith)DominicSmithProtectingTreesUnderTheActhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/ProtectingTreesUnderTheAct2016-08-19T16:28:00+10:00Protecting trees under the Act Tree management precincts and regulated trees The minister is responsible for determining the criteria for declaring an area be a ... (last changed by DominicSmith)DominicSmithConclusionBiodiversityConservationhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/ConclusionBiodiversityConservation2016-08-19T16:25:00+10:00Conclusion This chapter has provided an introduction to the legislative provisions framing some interactions with biodiversity in the ACT. Natural resource manage... (last changed by DominicSmith)DominicSmithProtectingBiodiversityhttps://www.austlii.community/foswiki/ACTEnvLawHbk/ProtectingBiodiversity2016-08-19T16:23:14+10:00Protecting 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... (last changed by DominicSmith)DominicSmith