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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (WETLANDS, RIVER BANKS AND LAKE SHORES PROTECTION) REGULATIONS, 2009
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (WETLANDS, RIVER BANKS AND LAKE SHORES PROTECTION) REGULATIONS, 2009
[PURSUANT TO THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2007]
Short Title page
National Environmental (Wetlands River Banks and Lake Shores) Regulations, 2009
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATIONS
PART 1 – REGULATIONS OF WETLANDS AND WETLAND RESOURCES REGULATION
1. Application of Part 1
2. Objectives
3. Principles
4. Inventory of Wetlands
5. Furnishing of Particulars by the State Governments
6. Role of Local Governments
7. Declaration of a Specially Protected Area
8. Control of Use of Wetlands
9. Wetland Resource Use Permit
10. Rejection of Application for Permit
11. Revocation of Permit
12. Temporary permit
13. Implied Covenant
14. Duty of Land Owners and Users
PART II – REGULATIONS OF RIVER BANKS AND LAKE SHORES
15. Application of Part II
16. Objectives
17. Principles
18. Identification of River Banks and Lake Shores
19. Registration of Degraded River Banks and Lake Shores
20. Application for Permit to use a River Bank or Lake Shore
21. Rejection of Application
22. Revocation of Permit
23. Duty of the Agency
24. Duty of Private land Owners and Users
25. Protection Zones for River Banks
26. Protection Zones for Lake Shores
27. Protection of Lake Shores and River Banks used for Purposes of Tourism.
PART III – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
28. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
29. Environmental Restoration Order
30. Offences
31. Penalties
32. Appeals
33. Interpretation
34. Citation
SCHEDULES
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (WETLANDS, RIVER BANKS AND LAKE SHORES PROTECTION) REGULATIONS, 2009
[COMMENCEMENT] (30 September 2009)
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 34 of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act 2007 and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, John Odey, Minister of Environment, hereby make the following Regulations:
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