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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 319

General environmental duty

319 General environmental duty

(1) A person must not carry out any activity that causes, or is likely to cause, environmental harm unless the person takes all reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise the harm (the
"general environmental duty" ).
Note—
See section 24 (3) (Effect of Act on other rights, civil remedies etc.).
(2) In deciding the measures required to be taken under subsection (1) , regard must be had to, for example—
(a) the nature of the harm or potential harm; and
(b) the sensitivity of the receiving environment; and
(c) the current state of technical knowledge for the activity; and
(d) the likelihood of successful application of the different measures that might be taken; and
(e) the financial implications of the different measures as they would relate to the type of activity.



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