House of Representatives Committees

House Standing Committee on Environment and Conservation

Environmental protection - Adequacy of legislative and administrative arrangements

Report

On 18 October 1979, the Standing Committee on Environment and Conservation tabled its first report on Environmental Protection entitled Environmental Protection - Adequacy of legislative and administrative arrangements.

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This report is available in two parts to reduce download size.
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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 5 chapters and 9 appendices.

Environmental Protection

Part A: Preliminary pages up to Chapter 4 (PDF 6180KB)
Terms of Reference, Committee Membership, Contents, List of Recommendations

Ch1: Introduction

Ch2: Constitutional and Legal Position of the Commonwealth in Environmental Protection
Ch3: Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act
Ch4: Australian Heritage Commission Act


Part B: Chapter 5 to Appendix 9 (end) (PDF 4232KB)

Ch5: Access to the Courts
Appendix 1: List of Witnesses

Appendix 2: List of Exhibits
Appendix 3: List of Submissions

Appendix 4: Conduct of the Inquiry
Appendix 5: Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act
Appendix 6: Australian Heritage Commission Act
Appendix 7: State Environmental Legislation
Appendix 8: Commonwealth Historic Sites and Building Committee - Terms of Reference and Membership
Appendix 9: Proposed Research Projects by the Australian Heritage Commission

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