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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2007
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Act provides for the establishment of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency charged with responsibility for the protection and development of the environment in Nigeria; and for related matters.
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
| PART I – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY | |
| 1. | Establishment of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency. |
| 2. | Objectives of the Agency. |
| 3. | Establishment and composition of Council |
| 4. | Tenure of office |
| 5. | Cessation of membership |
| 6. | Emolument, etc, of members |
| PART II – FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE AGENCY AND COUNCIL | |
| 7. | Functions of the Agency |
| 8. | Powers of the Agency |
| 9. | Functions of the Council |
| PART III – STRUCTURE OF THE AGENCY | |
| 10. | Directorates of the Agency |
| PART IV – STAFF OF THE AGENCY | |
| 11. | Appointment of Director –General and other staff of the Agency |
| 12. | Pensions Act No.2 of 2004. |
| PART V—FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | |
| 13. | Fund of the Agency |
| 14. | Expenditure of the Agency |
| 15. | Exemption from the income tax |
| 16. | Annual estimate |
| 17. | Accounts and audit |
| 18. | Annual report |
| 19. | Investment |
| 20. | Air quality and atmospheric protection |
| 21. | Ozone protection |
| 22. | Noise |
| 23. | Federal water quality standards |
| 24. | Effluent limitations. |
| 25. | Environmental sanitation |
| 26. | Land resources and watershed quality |
| 27. | Discharge of hazardous substance and related offences |
| 28. | Removal methods, etc. |
| 29. | Co-operations with appropriate authorities. |
| PART VI – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | |
| 30. | Power to enter premises |
| 31. | Offences and penalties |
| 32. | Legal Proceedings |
| 33. | Power of Minister to give Directives |
| 34. | Power to make regulations |
| 35. | Application |
| 36. | Repeal of Cap. F10 LFN, 2004. |
| 37. | Interpretations. |
CITATION
An Act to provide for the establishment of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency charged with responsibility for the protection and development of the environment in Nigeria; and for related matters.
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[COMMENCEMENT] (30th Day of July, 2007)
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ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria –
PART 1 – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
(2) The Agency:
(a) shall be the enforcement Agency for environmental standards, regulations, rules, laws, policies and guidelines;
(b) shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; and
(c) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
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