New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe object of this Act is to establish an independent body with broad investigating and reporting functions for the purposes of:
(a) establishing a sound scientific basis for the properly informed management of natural resources in the social, economic and environmental interests of the State, and
(b) enabling the adoption of State-wide standards and targets for natural resource management issues, and
(c) advising on the circumstances in which broadscale clearing is to be regarded as improving or maintaining environmental outcomes for the purposes of the Native Vegetation Act 2003 .