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Showing 151 - 160 of 180 resultsLegislation | 2002 |Climate Change Response Act 2002
New ZealandThe Climate Change Response Act 2002 established an institutional and legal framework for New Zealand to ratify and meet its obligations and the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. To this end, the Act authorised the Minister of Finance to manage New Zealand’s holdings of units for GHG emissions under the Kyoto Protocol and to trade them on international...Legislation | 2002 |Disaster Management Act 2002
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Disaster Management Act 2002 Act 13 of 2002 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT to provide for the effective organisation of the preparedness, management, mitigation of, response to and recovery from emergencies and disasters natural and man-made in Antigua and Barbuda. ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as...Legislation | 2002 |Physical Planning Act 2002
DominicaDominica Physical Planning Act 2002 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Dominica as follows: Part 1 – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the - PHYSICAL PLANNING ACT, 2002. 2. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires - “adjoining land” means that...Legislation | 2002 |National Land Planning and Utilization Act 2002
Republic of KoreaSouth Korea National Land Planning and Utilization Act 2002 Published on 4 February 2002 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter IGeneral provisions Article 1 – (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to promote public welfare and to upgrade the quality of people's livelihood by providing for matters necessary for the formulation, implementation...Legislation | 2001 |2001 Electricity Act
BhutanBhutan 2001 Electricity Act Published on 26 July 2001 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] The Electricity Act enables the restructuring of the power supply industry and the possible participation of the private sector, by providing mechanisms for licensing and regulating the operations of power companies. The establishment of the Bhutan Electricity...Legislation | 2001 |Physical Planning and Development Act 2001
Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Physical Planning and Development Act 2001 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT to make provision for the development of land, the assessment of the environmental impacts of development, the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers to regulate the use of land, and for related matters. Preliminary 1. Short title This...Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000.| 2000 |Legislation
AustraliaThe objects of this Act are: (a) to encourage the additional generation of electricity from renewable sources; (b) to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in the electricity sector; and (c) to ensure that renewable energy sources are ecologically sustainable. This is done through the issuing of certificates for the generation of qualifying electricity and requiring certain purchasers ("liable...
Legislation | 1999 |Planning and Building Act 1999
FinlandFinland Planning and Building Act 1999 Commenced on 1 January 2000 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Land Use and Building Act Issued in Helsinki on February 5, 1999 In accordance with the decision of Parliament the following is enacted: Chapter 1General provisions Section 1 General objective of the Act The objective of this Act is to ensure that the use of land and water...Legislation | 1998 |Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures
JapanThis Law is one of the two key climate laws in Japan along with the Energy Conservation Law. The purpose of the Law is to reduce emissions of GHGs derived from anthropogenic activities. GHGs are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, HFC, PFC and sulphur hexafluoride. The Council of Ministers for Global Environmental Conservation is established under the Law. The Council is chaired by the Prime...Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (Act No. 117 of 1998)| 1998 |Legislation
JapanThe Law promulgates the measures necessary to abate or reduce global warming by limiting also the greenhouse gas emissions. Monitoring and providing policies shall be part of the responsabilities of the National Authority as an accurate weather forecast system united with a community awareness of the global warming dangers to humans and envirinment. Short term and long term plans must be carried...
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