Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act (No. 57 of 1981)
Made 1981-09-09 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Subjects
- Environment
- Keywords
- soil conservation/soil improvement, coastal zone management
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SOIL CONSERVATION (AMENDMENT) [Cap. 279 CHAPTER 279 SOIL CONSERVATION (AMENDMENT) Act AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOIL CONSERVATION ACT. No. 57 of 1981. [Act No. 57 of I981-Commencement-9th September, 1981; Operation-1st October, 1983.1 Short title. Insertion of new section 1lAin Chapter 279. [# 41,57 of 1981.1 1. This Act may be cited as the Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act. (3) Nothing in section 6 shall be read and construed as empowering the Minister to 2. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 11, and shall have effect as section ll~, of the Soil Conservation Act : make regulations under that section to, or in relation to, any land situated within the Coastal Zone. ‘ Application of *ll~. (1) Nothing in provisions. section 3 shall be read and construed as empowering the (4) Every regulation made Minister to make any Order under section 6 and which is under that section in relation in operation on the 1st day of to any area of land situated October, 1983, shall be within the Coastal Zone. deemed not to apply to, or in relation to, any land situated (2) Every Order under within the Coastal Zone. section 3 relating to any area of land situated within the Coastal Zone and which is in In this section “ the Coastal operation on the 1st day of Zone ” has the same meaning October, 1983, shall be as in the Coast Conservation deemed to be revoked. Act, No. 57 of 1981.‘. * The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of section 36 (1) of the Coast Conservation Act, No. 57 of 1981-See. section 36 (2) thereof. (S) I/ 149