Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Act 2003 - SECT 1

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Purpose and outline of Act

1. Purpose and outline of Act



(1) The purpose of this Act is to provide for the appointment and objectives,
functions and powers of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability.

(2) In outline this Act-

· provides for the appointment of the Commissioner for Environmental
Sustainability and an Acting Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability;

· sets out the objectives, functions and powers of the Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability and for the accountability of the Commissioner
for Environmental Sustainability;

· provides for the staffing and operation of the office of the Commissioner
for Environmental Sustainability;

· provides for the preparation of a periodical Report on the State of the
Environment of Victoria;

· provides for annual reporting on the implementation of environmental
management systems;

· requires the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability to make reports
and information available publicly and on the Internet.

(3) Subsection (2) is intended only as a guide to readers as to the general
scheme of this Act.