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PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Consideration resumed from 22 November 1989, on motion by Mr Moore:

That -

(1) the Government take immediate steps to investigate the most appropriate mechanisms for establishing an Environmental Advisory Council;

(2) the Environmental Advisory Council be established, whether under an enactment or according to administrative arrangements, as soon as possible and that the Council -

(a) be responsible for investigating individual industrial, commercial or other development proposals, whether those proposals involve investment by the private sector, governments or both; and for reporting on all aspects of the environmental impact of development proposals (including the effects on flora, fauna, landscape, people and the quality and comfort of their lives);

(b) be appointed by and be responsible to the Minister responsible for the environment but, in all its investigations, report also on its findings to the Minister responsible for development;

(c) comprise a core membership of five, two of whom will be nominees of relevant environmental and development groups while the remaining three will be appointed for their expertise and experience. The members will be suitably remunerated and the Minister will appoint, as necessary, additional expert members, with equal rights and responsibilities, for the duration of a specific investigation or assessment; and

(d) be empowered to report in such a manner and make such recommendations as it sees fit in terms of necessary modifications, relocations, prohibitions, or requirements for further study (such as inquiries, environmental impact

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