Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts The object of this
Act is to ensure that, by means of the establishment and operation of the
National Environment Protection Council —
(a)
people enjoy the benefit of equivalent protection from air, water or soil
pollution and from noise, wherever they live in Australia; and
(b)
decisions of the business community are not distorted, and markets are not
fragmented, by variations between participating jurisdictions in relation to
the adoption or implementation of major environment protection measures.