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Environment Act 1986

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Act of Parliament in New Zealand

Environment Act 1986
New Zealand Parliament
Long title
  • An Act to

    (a) Provide for the establishment of the office of Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment:
    (b) Provide for the establishment of the Ministry for the Environment:
    (c) Ensure that, in the management of natural and physical resources, full and balanced account is taken of
    (i) The intrinsic values of ecosystems; and
    (ii) All values which are placed by individuals and groups on the quality of the environment; and
    (iii) The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi; and
    (iv) The sustainability of natural and physical resources; and

    (v) The needs of future generations
Commenced1 January 1987
Status: Current legislation

The Environment Act 1986 of New Zealand established the Ministry for the Environment and the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

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