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Environmental Health Act.

Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source

Abstract
The purpose of this Act is to protect and maintain national health and ecosystem integrity by investigating, diagnosing and monitoring the effects of environmental pollution, toxic chemicals, etc. on national health and the ecosystem and any damage thereto, thereby preventing threats to national health and establishing measures to reduce these threats.
The State and local governments shall be constantly aware of the effects of environmentally hazardous factors on a receptor and formulate and implement policy measures necessary for protecting a receptor from environmentally hazardous factors (art.5). The Environmental Health Council shall be established under the Minister of Environment to deliberate on major issues concerning the promotion of environmental health (art.9).
The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: formulation of environmental health master plans and regional plans, risk assessment and management of environmentally hazardous factors, prevention and control of environment-related harm to health, risk control for children's activity zones, certification of environmental safety of children’s activity spaces, offences and penalties.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No