LEGISLATION: New Environment Bill aims to overhaul air quality and standards enforcement

摘要

A new Environment Bill put before parliament will introduce a raft of changes to how decarbonisation and air quality targets are set and enforced. The creation of an independent Office for Environmental Protection will be among changes set out in the proposed legislation. This organisation would be charged to scrutinise environmental policy and laws in the country, while looking into complaints and undertaking enforcement action against public authorities failing to meet standards in the bill.