Section 3 — Environment Protection Enactment 2002

(1)

There shall be established for the purpose of this Enactment a body which shall be known as the “Environment Protection Council” (hereinafter referred to as “the

Council”) whose function shall be to advise the State Government on matters pertaining to the implementation of this Enactment.

(2)

The Council shall consist of the following members –

(a)

a Chairman, who shall be the Minister;

(b)

the Director of Environment Protection Department, who shall be the

Secretary to the Council;

(c)

the State Attorney General or his authorised representative;

(d)

the Secretary of Natural Resources or his authorised representative;

(e)

the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Environment,

Science and Technology or his authorised representative;

(f)

the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Industries or his authorised representative;

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(g)

the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and

Housing or his authorised representative;

(h)

the Director of Lands and Surveys or his authorised representative;

(i)

the Director of Forestry Department or his authorised representative;

(j)

the Director of Drainage and Irrigation Department or his authorised representative;

(k)

the Secretary-General of the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment or his authorised representative;

(l)

the Director of Federal Department of Environment (Sabah Region) or his authorised representative; and

(m)

3 other members, who shall be appointed by the Minister.

(3)

The Director shall have no right to vote at any meeting.

(4)

The Minister may in respect of each member appointed, under paragraph

(m)

of subsection (2) appoint one person to be an alternate member to attend in place of the member at meetings of the Council if the member is for any reason unable to attend.

(5)

When attending meetings of the Council, an alternate member appointed under subsection (4) shall for all purposes be deemed to be a member of the Council.

(6)

An alternate member shall, unless the alternate member sooner resigns or the appointment is sooner revoked, cease to be an alternate member when the member in respect of whom he is an alternate member ceases to be a member of the Council.

Duration of office and eligibility for reappointment