EIA Compendium: Srilanka

CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO THE POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THAT AUTHORITY ; AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO.
Act No. 47 of 1980.
1. This Act may be cited as the National Environmental Act, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette.