1st Amendment to Environment Protection and Preservation Act of Maldives

Unofficial translation c Ministry of Environment and Energy Male’ 1st Amendment to Environment Protection and Preservation Act of Maldives The following amendments made to act no (4/93) environment protection and preservation act of Maldives. 1. Amendment of Article 3 of the Act as follows. Environmental Protection and Conservation 3 It is a responsibility of the state institution mandated with executing the environment policies of the Maldives to formulating policies, regulations and standards with consultation from relevant authorities to protect biodiversity, access to benefit sharing, to protect freshwater lens of islands and mangroves within, to protect from waste and hazardous gases and protect and conserve the environment 2. Amendment of part (c) of Article 11 of the Act as follows: Definition 11 (c) “Ministry” is defined as the government institution, mandated at that time to execute the environment policies of the government. 3. Amend the Act to replace “Ministry of Planning, Human Resources and Environment” with “Ministry”. 4. This amendment to the Environment Protection and Preservation act of Maldives shall come into force on the day this amendment is published in the government’s gazette.