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Environment Protection Act 2017

The Environment Protection Act 2017 (Vic) is Victoria's principal environmental protection statute, commenced 1 July 2021 (as amended by the Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018). It establishes the General Environm...
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Current Topics 9

Aggravated breach of the general environmental duty

Oct 2026
Part 3.2 creates an offence for aggravated breach of the general environmental duty.
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Application of the Act, including territorial seas and the River Murray

Oct 2026
The Act binds the Crown and extends to Victoria's adjacent territorial seas and to discharges into the River Murray from places in Victoria.
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Concept of minimising risks of harm so far as reasonably practicable

Oct 2026
Section 6 explains what a duty to minimise risks of harm to human health and the environment so far as reasonably practicable requires.
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Current authorised version of the Act

Oct 2026
Authorised Version No. 023 of the Act incorporates amendments as at 30 June 2026 and is the version in force.
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Duty to notify the Authority of notifiable incidents

Oct 2026
A person whose activity results in a notifiable incident must tell the Authority as soon as practicable after they become, or reasonably sho...
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General environmental duty for designers, manufacturers, installers and suppliers

Oct 2026
Businesses that design, make, install or supply a substance, plant, equipment or structure must, so far as reasonably practicable, minimise...
Medium
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General Environmental Duty (GED) — s25 EP Act 2017 (Vic)

Oct 2026
The general environmental duty applies to risks of harm to human health and the environment from pollution and waste.
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Permissions Scheme — EPA Licences, Permits and Approvals

Jul 2026
The Act establishes a permissions scheme (licences, permits, works approvals) for activities posing significant risk to human health or the...
Medium
2 citations

Principles of environment protection

Oct 2026
Chapter 2 sets out principles of environment protection, including proportionality, primacy of prevention, polluter pays and the precautiona...
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3 Sep 2026 · Amended

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