Section 2
of Environment Protection Prescribed Activities Environmental Impact Assessment Order 2005
Section 2
(1)
In this Order -
"Department" means the Environment Protection Department;
"Director" means the Director of the Environment Protection Department;
"Enactment" means the Environment Protection Enactment 2002;
"environmental impact assessment report" means a report or series of reports which provides a detailed assessment in quantitative terms wherever possible, and in qualitative terms of –
(a)
the likely environmental impacts of a development activity;
(b)
the measures required to prevent, mitigate or abate any adverse environmental impacts, or to protect the environment; and
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(c)
the monitoring programme required to ensure compliance with mitigation measures and/or to monitor residual impacts;
"person" shall have the same meaning assigned to it under the Interpretation and General Clauses Enactment 1963;
"proposal for mitigation measures" means a proposal or series of proposals which provides a description of –
(a)
the known environmental impacts of a development activity;
(b)
the measures required to prevent, mitigate or abate any adverse environmental impacts, or to protect the environment; and
(c)
the monitoring programme required to ensure compliance with mitigation measures and/or to monitor residual impacts;
"relevant authority" means any government authorities or agencies responsible for approving development activities; and
"wetland forests" means forests where land is either subject to inundation with saltwater and/or freshwater, or has a high water table and such forests include mangrove forests, brackish water forests, transitional forests, freshwater swamp forests and peat swamp forests.
(2)
Any reference in the First and Second Schedules to units of measurement of area shall be construed to mean the minimum area prescribed therein for any person to undertake any of the prescribed activities, regardless of whether such activities are carried out in phases or simultaneously within a prescribed period.
Categories of prescribed activities.