The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) (Amendment), Act no. 26 of 2018

Extraordinary Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 146. Lagos - 14th November, 2018 Vol. 105 Government Notice No. 106 The following is published as Supplement to this Gazefte : Act No. Short Title Page 26 National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) (Amendment) Act, 2018 .. 0... 0... A241-247 Printed and Published by The Federal Government Printer. Lagos, Nigeria FGP 27/022019/250 Annual Subscription from Ist January. 2019 is Local : N45.000.00 Overseas : N60.500.00 [Surface Mail] N75.000.00 [Second Class Air Mail]. Present issue N2.500 per copy. Subscribers who wish to obtain Gazette after Ist January should apply to the Federal Government Printer. Lagos for amended Subscriptions. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section : — a a d W o m a o n S a a d es t u r Amendment of Act No. 25, 2007. Amendment of section 3. Amendment of section 7. Amendment of section 8. Amendment of section 9. Amendment of section 13. Amendment of section 20. Amendment of section 21. Amendment of section 22. Amendment of section 23. Amendment of section 24. Amendment of section 26. Amendment of section 30. Insertion of new section 31A. Insertion of new section 32A. Insertion of new section 33A. Amendment of section 37. Citation. A 241 A 243 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018 ACT No. 26 An Act to AMEND THE NaTICNAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) Act No. 25, 2007 To REVIEW THE CONDITIONS oF APPOINTMENT OF SOME CounciL MEMBERS, INCREASE PENALTIES AND PERMIT THE SEARCH OF PREMISES WITHOUT WARRANT ; AND FOR RELATED MATTERS. [6th Day of November, 2018] Commence ENacTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria : ment 1. The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Amendment Agency (Establishment) Act No. 25, 2007 (in this Act referred to as the of Act No. “Principal Act”) is amended as set out in this Act. 25. 2007. 2. Section 3 (1) of the Principal Act is amended in— Amendment , : - : nua of section 3. (a) paragraph (b), by inserting after the word, “representative, In line 2, the words, “who is not below the rank of a Director” ; (b) paragraph (c), by substituting for subparagraph (vi/), a new subparagraph “(vii)”: “(vii) a representative of the Federal Ministry of Health” ; and (c) paragraph (e), by inserting after the word, “interest”, in line 1, the words, “with relevant qualification and 10 years post qualification experience in environmental related field”. 3. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended, in-— Amendment (a) paragraph (c), line 3, by the deleting the words, “oil and gas” ; ae (b) paragraph (7), by inserting after the word, “by”, in line 1, the words, “the Government” ; and (c) paragraph (A), by substituting for the word, “conduct”, in line 1, the words, “review and certify”. 4. Section 8 (g) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the Amendment word, “services”, in line 1, the words, “including administrative fees”. of section 8. 5. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting, after the word, Amendment “functions”, in the marginal note, the words, “and powers”. of section 9, 6. 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Insert after section 31 of the Principal Act, anew section “3 1A”— 31A. The provisions of the Public Officers Protection ~Limitation ted against of actions Act shall apply in relation to any suit institu pail the any officer or employee of the Agency.” 15. Insert after section 32 of the Principal Act, anew section “32A”— 32. No execution or attachment of process shall be ~Restriction uit without On Oe he issued against the Agency in any action or s against the : Euan eae the prior consent of the Attorney-General of the property of fhe Agency Federation.” 16. Insert after section 33 of the Principal Act, a new section “33A”— “Indemnity 33A.A member of the Council, the Director General of officers and officers of the Agency are indemt led against ther civil or criminal, 19 which or in which he is any proceeding, whe judgment is given in his favour acquitted, if any such proceeding Is brought against him in his capacity as member of the Council, the Director-General, officer or employee of the Agency.” 17. Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting, in alphabetical order, the new definition of— “environmental enforcement infrastructure” means the stock of facilities and equipment needed for the functioning of efficient environmental compliance monitoring and enforcement regime. It is also concerned with the institutional strengthening and capacity building of the Agency, including resources such as manpower, buildings, laboratories, monitoring networks, etc.” s the National Environmental Standards and 18. 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