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Acts administered by DECC

DECC has responsibilities and functions under the following NSW environmental legislation. Some of these responsibilities and functions are exercised in the name of the Environment Protection Authority or the Botanic Gardens Trust.

Under each Act name, there are links to the full text of the Act (from the NSW legislation website) and, where available, further information relevant to the operation of the Act and to Regulations made under that Act.

Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005
Summary | Full Text

Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003
Summary | Full text

Coastal Protection Act 1979
Summary | Full text| Regulation

Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
Summary | Full text | Regulation | More about contaminated land

Crown Lands Act 1989
Note: so far as it relates to the Crown Reserve known as Jenolan Caves Reserves, and the land dedicated for the public purpose of accommodation house D590137, in the Parishes of Jenolan, Bombah and Bouverie, Counties of Westmoreland and Georgiana (remainder, the Minister for Sport and Recreation, the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Lands)
Summary l Full text l Regulation

Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987
Note: DECC only administers Part 6A of this Act in so far as it relates to water and water utilities and section 40(1A), and s45 in so far as it relates to Part 6A and section 40(1A).
Summary | Full text | Regulation

Environmental Trust Act 1998
Summary | Full text

Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985
SummaryFull text | Regulation | More about chemicals

Filming Approval Act 2004
Summary | Full text | More about filming and photography

Fisheries Management Act 1994
Note: DECC only administers Part 7 Division 2 of this Act and s227 so far as it relates to that Division and ss 243 & 245 so far as is required in relation to this Division.
Summary | Full text | Regulation

Forestry and National Park Estate Act 1998
Summary | Full text

Forestry Restructuring and Nature Conservation Act 1995
Summry | Full text

Forestry Revocation and National Park Reservation Act 1996
Summary | Full text

Forestry Revocation and National Parks Reservation Act 1983
Summary | Full text

Forestry Revocation and National Parks Reservation Act 1984
Summary | Full text

Lane Cove National Park (Sugarloaf Point Additions) Act 1996
Summary | Full text l

Lake Illawarra Authority Act 1987
Summary | Full textRegulation

Lord Howe Island Act 1953
Summary | Full text | Regulation | More about Lord Howe Island: Department of Environment and Water Resources and Lord Howe Island Marine Park

Lord Howe Island Aerodrome Act 1974
Summary | Full text 

Marine Parks Act 1997
Summary | Full textRegulation |More about marine parks

National Environment Protection Council (New South Wales) Act 1995
Summary | Full text 

National Park Estate (Lower Hunter Region Reservations) Act 2006
Summary | Full text

National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2002
Summary | Full text

National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2003
Summary | Full text

National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2005
Summary | Full text

National Park Estate (Southern Region Reservations) Act 2000
Summary | Full text

National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
Summary | Full text | Regulation |More about protected areas and  Aboriginal ownership provisions in the National Parks and Wildlife Act       

National Parks and Wildlife (Adjustment of Areas) Act 2001
Summary Full text

National Parks and Wildlife (Adjustment of Areas) Act 2005
Summary | Full text

National Parks and Wildlife (Adjustment of Areas) Act 2006
Summary | Full text

National Parks and Wildlife (Further Adjustment of Areas) Act 2005
Summary | Full text

Native Vegetation Act 2003
Summary | Full text | Regulation | More about Native Vegetation

Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001
Summary | Full text

Ozone Protection Act 1989
Summary | Full text | More about air

Pesticides Act 1999
SummaryFull text | Regulation | More about pesticides

Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991
SummaryFull text | Regulation 

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
SummaryFull text | Regulations | More about air, wood smokeemissions trading noisepenalty notices, and  waste

Radiation Control Act 1990
SummaryFull text | Regulation | More about radiation

Recreation Vehicles Act 1983
Summary | Full text

Road and Rail Transport (Dangerous Goods) Act 1997
SummaryFull text | Regulations | More about dangerous goods

Roads Act 1993
Note: so far as it relates to Lord Howe Island (remainder, the Minister for Roads, the Minister for Local Government, and the Minister for Lands)
Summary l Full Text l Regulation

Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Act 1980
Summary | Full text | Regulation | More about Botanic Gardens Trust

Soil Conservation Act 1938
Summary | Full text

Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
Summary | Full text | Regulations | More about threatened species

Unhealthy Building Land Act 1990 [repealed 28.4.03]
Summary

Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001
Summary | Full text

Wilderness Act 1987
Summary | Full text

 

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Page last updated: 02 June 2008