5.3.3 Courts and Tribunals
There are a range of laws that provide for land use issues, including soil conservation
issues, to be heard. The main laws include:
• South Australia Environment, Resources and Development Court Act 1993.
• Tasmania Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Act 1993.
• Australian Capital Territory Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment Act 1993.
• Western Australia Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976.
• New South Wales Land and Environment Court Act 1979.
• Queensland Land Court Act 2000.
Under the Australian Capital Territory Commissioner for Sustainability and the
Environment Act 1993, the Commissioner can investigate complaints regarding the
management of the environment by the Territory or a Territory authority.
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The Commissioner can conduct investigations into actions of an agency whose
actions would have a substantial impact on the environment of the Territory.
There is also a power to prepare a state of the environment report which can include
an assessment of the condition of the environment. The assessment will consider the
components of the earth, including soil, the atmosphere and water, any organic or
inorganic matter and any living organism, ecosystems and their constituent parts—
including people and communities.
73 Other relevant aspects that may be considered
include the qualities and characteristics of places and areas that contribute to their
biological diversity and ecological integrity, scientific value and amenity. A state of
the environment report may also include an evaluation of the effectiveness of
environmental management, including an assessment about the degree of compliance with national environmental protection measures made by the National Environment Protection Council under the Commonwealth National Environment
Protection Council Act 1994 and National Environment Protection Measures
(Implementation) Act 1998.
5.4 Category 3 General Supportive Legislation to Soil
Conservation Objective
The investigation of the Australian legal database indicates that there are 92 laws
across the nine jurisdictions that have a general supportive role in achieving the soil
conservation objective. It includes legislation with functions that indirectly contribute to, or enable the achievement of a soil conservation goal, objective or activity.
Unlike Category 2 legislation which has an overall role in environmental
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There are a range of laws that provide for land use issues, including soil conservation
issues, to be heard. The main laws include:
• South Australia Environment, Resources and Development Court Act 1993.
• Tasmania Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Act 1993.
• Australian Capital Territory Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment Act 1993.
• Western Australia Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976.
• New South Wales Land and Environment Court Act 1979.
• Queensland Land Court Act 2000.
Under the Australian Capital Territory Commissioner for Sustainability and the
Environment Act 1993, the Commissioner can investigate complaints regarding the
management of the environment by the Territory or a Territory authority.
72
The Commissioner can conduct investigations into actions of an agency whose
actions would have a substantial impact on the environment of the Territory.
There is also a power to prepare a state of the environment report which can include
an assessment of the condition of the environment. The assessment will consider the
components of the earth, including soil, the atmosphere and water, any organic or
inorganic matter and any living organism, ecosystems and their constituent parts—
including people and communities.
73 Other relevant aspects that may be considered
include the qualities and characteristics of places and areas that contribute to their
biological diversity and ecological integrity, scientific value and amenity. A state of
the environment report may also include an evaluation of the effectiveness of
environmental management, including an assessment about the degree of compliance with national environmental protection measures made by the National Environment Protection Council under the Commonwealth National Environment
Protection Council Act 1994 and National Environment Protection Measures
(Implementation) Act 1998.
5.4 Category 3 General Supportive Legislation to Soil
Conservation Objective
The investigation of the Australian legal database indicates that there are 92 laws
across the nine jurisdictions that have a general supportive role in achieving the soil
conservation objective. It includes legislation with functions that indirectly contribute to, or enable the achievement of a soil conservation goal, objective or activity.
Unlike Category 2 legislation which has an overall role in environmental
72 Section 13.
73 Section 15.
204
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