Victorian Numbered Acts

CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2010 (NO. 54 OF 2010) - SECT 68

For Division 1 of Part IX of the Environment Protection Act 1970 substitute —

" Division 1—Preliminary

        49     Objects of this Part

The objects of this Part are to—

        (a)     foster environmentally sustainable uses of resources and foster best practices in waste management to advance the social and economic development of Victoria; and    

        (b)     facilitate and promote activities that are directed to climate change including the adaptation and adjustment to climate change.

        49A     Definitions

In this Part—

"adaptation" means any change in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climactic stimuli or their effects which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities;

"climate change "means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.".