Principle of community engagement

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It is a guiding principle of this Act that community involvement in decisions, policies, programs or processes relating to climate change that may affect members of the community or members of the community in future generations, especially members of vulnerable or marginalised communities, should be facilitated and this includes—

(a)

providing appropriate information to the community; and

(b)

providing opportunities for the community to be involved in the decision, policy, program or process; and

(c)

providing for appropriate and adequate public consultation with the community.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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