SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
All the legal instruments present on the platform have been obtained on the basis of FAOLEX and the EU Sol Wiki and validated by national experts to be relevant and up-to-date.
Each instrument can be searched by country profile or by soil-related keywords and includes a ranking system based on the relevance of the document to the selected keyword, the scope of the legislation, its nature and year. The ranking system facilitates the search and enables users to easily understand which documents are the most important for each search they make.
The information provided by the database allows users to have the complete document as well as a detailed summary of its content, focusing mainly on the purpose and specific objectives of the instrument.
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Date of text: 16/07/1999
(National) - Environment Protection Act 1997 Date of text: 01/12/1997
(Australian Capital Territory ) - Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Date of text: 19-12-1997
(New South Wales) - Soil Conservation Act 1938. Date of text: 13-10-1938
(New South Wales) - State Environmental Planning Policy (Primary Production and Rural Development) Date of text: 28-02-2019
(New South Wales) - Environment Protection Act 2019. Date of text: 09-10-2019
(Northern Territory) - NT Planning Act 1999 Date of text: 14-12-1999
(Northern Territory) - Soil Conservation and Land Utilisation Act. Date of text: 09-04-1970
(Northern Territory) - Planning Act 2016 Date of text: 25-05-2016
(Queensland) - Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 Date of text: 28-03-2014
(Queensland) - Soil Conservation Act, 1986 (Act No. 37). Date of text: 05-09-1986
(Queensland) - Vegetation Management Act 1999. Date of text: 21-12-1999
(Queensland) - Landscape South Australia Act 2019. Date of text: 19-12-2019
(South Australia) - Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989 Date of text: 07-09-1989
(South Australia) - Closer Settlement Act 1957. Date of text: 23-12-1959
(Tasmania) - Local Government Act 1993 Date of text: 23-12-1993
(Tasmania) - National Environment Protection Council (Tasmania) Act 1995 Date of text: 13-10-1995
(Tasmania) - National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 Date of text: 19-12-2002
(Tasmania) - Natural Resource Management Act 2002 Date of text: 14-11-2002
(Tasmania) - Nature Conservation Act 2002 Date of text: 19-12-2002
(Tasmania) - State Policies and Projects Act 1993. Date of text: 01-01-1994
(Tasmania) - Environmental Protection Act 1970 Date of text: 08/12/1999
(Victoria) - Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006. Date of text: 09-05-2006
(Victoria) - Planning and Environment Act 1987 Date of text: 27-05-1987
(Victoria) - Forest Management Plan 2014–2023. Date of text: 01-12-2013
(Western Australia) - Land Administration Act 1997 Date of text: 03-10-1997
(Western Australia) - Soil and Land Conservation Act 1945. Date of text: 09-01-1946
(Western Australia) - Soil and Land Conservation Regulation 1992 Date of text: 12-06-1992
(Western Australia) - National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999. Date of text: 10-12-1999
(National) - Biosecurity Act 2015 Date of text: 22-09-2015
(New South Wales) - Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 Date of text: 17-12-1997
(New South Wales) - Environmental Protection Act 1994 Date of text: 01-12-1994
(Queensland) - Native Vegetation Act 1991 Date of text: 18-04-1991
(South Australia) - Forest Practices Act 1985 Date of text: 23-05-1985
(Tasmania) - Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 Date of text: 15-06-1994
(Victoria) - Environmental Protection Act 1986 Date of text: 10-12-1986
(Western Australia) - Planning and Development Act 2005 Date of text: 12-12-2005
(Western Australia)
- Pastoral Land Act 1992 Date of text: 30-04-1992
(Northern Territory) - Landscape South Australia Act 2019. Date of text: 19-12-2019
(South Australia)
- Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Date of text: 19-12-1997
(New South Wales) - State Environmental Planning Policy (Primary Production and Rural Development) Date of text: 28-02-2019
(New South Wales) - Planning Act 2016 Date of text: 25-05-2016
(Queensland) - Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 Date of text: 28-03-2014
(Queensland) - Soil Conservation Act, 1986 (Act No. 37). Date of text: 05-09-1986
(Queensland)
- Pastoral Land Act 1992 Date of text: 30-04-1992
(Northern Territory) - Land Administration Act 1997 Date of text: 03-10-1997
(Western Australia) - Soil Conservation Act 1938. Date of text: 13-10-1938
(New South Wales)
- Environmental Protection Act 1994 Date of text: 01-12-1994
(Queensland) - Native Vegetation Act 1991 Date of text: 18-04-1991
(South Australia) - Forest Practices Act 1985 Date of text: 23-05-1985
(Tasmania) - Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 Date of text: 15-06-1994
(Victoria) - Conservation Forest and Lands Act 1987 Date of text: 19-05-1987
(Victoria) - Soil Conservation Act 1938. Date of text: 13-10-1938
(New South Wales) - Soil Conservation Act, 1986 (Act No. 37). Date of text: 05-09-1986
(Queensland)
- Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007 Date of text: 28-06-2007
(South Australia) - Climate Change Act 2017 Date of text: 28-02-2017
(Victoria)
- Planning and Development Act 2005 Date of text: 12-12-2005
(Western Australia) - Soil and Land Conservation Regulation 1992 Date of text: 12-06-1992
(Western Australia)
- Forest Management Plan 2014–2023. Date of text: 01-12-2013
(Western Australia)
- Landscape South Australia Act 2019. Date of text: 19-12-2019
(South Australia) - Environmental Protection Act 1986 Date of text: 10-12-1986
(Western Australia)
- National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999. Date of text: 10-12-1999
(National) - Biosecurity Act 2015 Date of text: 22-09-2015
(New South Wales) - Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 Date of text: 17-12-1997
(New South Wales) - State Environmental Planning Policy (Mining, Petroleum Production and Extractive Industries) 2007. Date of text: 16-02-2007
(New South Wales) - Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 Date of text: 28-09-1998
(Northern Territory) - Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 Date of text: 09-06-1994
(South Australia) - Environmental Protection Act 1993 Date of text: 27-10-1993
(South Australia) - Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 Date of text: 08-12-1995
(Tasmania) - Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 Date of text: 16-12-1994
(Tasmania) - Environmental Protection Act 1986 Date of text: 10-12-1986
(Western Australia) - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Date of text: 16/07/1999
(National) - Environment Protection Act 1997 Date of text: 01/12/1997
(Australian Capital Territory ) - Environmental Protection Act 1970 Date of text: 08/12/1999
(Victoria) - Planning and Development Act 2005 Date of text: 12-12-2005
(Western Australia) - Environmental Protection Act 1994 Date of text: 01-12-1994
(Queensland) - Planning Act 2016 Date of text: 25-05-2016
(Queensland)
- Conservation Forest and Lands Act 1987 Date of text: 19-05-1987
(Victoria)
- Soil and Land Conservation Regulation 1992 Date of text: 12-06-1992
(Western Australia)
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