National Environmental Act 1980 · As enacted · Part I · Establishment of the Central Environmental Authority and an Environmental Council
2. Establish-ment of the Authority
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For the purposes of this Act there shall be established an Authority called the Central Environmental
Authority.
The Central Environmental Authority establishec under subsection (1)
(hereinafter referred to as “the
Authority”) shall consist of the persons who are for the time being members of the Authority under subsection (1)
of section 3.
The Authority shall, by the name assigned to it by subsection (1), be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in such name.
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