Sri Lanka Sustainable Development Act 2017

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

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s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Sustainable

Development Act, No. 19 of 2017.

s 2Objects of this Act

The objects of this Act shall be to—

(a)

ensure that the National Policy and Strategy on

Sustainable Development is prepared in accordance with section 11 of this Act and

Sri Lanka Sustainable Development provide the legal framework for developing and implementing such National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development;

(b)

ensure an ecologically efficient use of natural, social and economic resources;

(c)

to promote the integration and maintain the equipoise of environmental, economic and social factors in the making of all decisions by government; and

(d)

formulate strategies in accordance with paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this section.

Part I

Establishment of Sustainable Development Council

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Part II

National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development

Read on from Part II

Part III

Staff of the Council

Read on from Part III

Part IV

General

Read on from Part IV