Integrating Environmental Considerations into the Economic Decision-Making Process
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Table 2. Legislation related directly or indirectly to environmental management in Malaysia 
1 Town and City Act (190), 1960
2 Mining Enactment, Chapter 147, 1929
3 Forest Enactment, Chapter 153, 1935
4 Natural Resources Ordinance, 1949
5 Poisons Ordinance, 1952 (Revised) Act 366, 1989
6 Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1949
7 Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, No. 30, 1952 (Revised), 1980
8 Federation Port Rules, 1953
9 Irrigation Areas Ordinance, No. 1, 1954 (Revised) Act 354, 1988
10 Drainage Works Ordinance, No. 1, 1954 (Revised) Act 354, 1988
11 National Forestry Act (313), 1984
12 Fisheries Act, 1963, Act 317, 1985
13 Sewerage Services Act (508), 1993
14 Occupational Safety and Health Act (514), 1994
15 Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act (515), 1994
16 Mineral Development Act (525), 1994
17 Water Act, 1920 (Act 418)
18 Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations, 1978
19 Motor Vehicle (Control of Smoke and Gas Emission) Rules, 1979
20 Environmental Quality (Control of Lead Concentration in Motor 

Gasoline) Regulations, 1985

21 Drain, Street and Building Act (133), 1974
22 Local Government Act (171), 1976
23 Town Planning and Building Control Act
24  Antiquities Act
25 Wildlife Protection Act No. 76, 1972
26 Environmental Quality (Prohibition on the Use of Controlled Substances in Soap, Synthetic Detergent and Other Cleaning Agents) Order, 1995
27 Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations, 1978
28  Environmental Quality (Sewage and Industrial Effluents) Regulations, 1979
29 Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises) (Crude Palm Oil) Regulations 1977
30  Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises) (Raw Natural Rubber) Regulations 1978
31 Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 1989
32 Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1984
33 Vehicles Enactment (Chapter 167), Vehicles Rules 1947
From table 2, it can be concluded that in Malaysia the legal provisions for environmental considerations are fairly comprehensive. For example, pollutant discharges from industrial and other activities are controlled by Environmental Quality Act, 1974. Environmental issues associated with infrastructural development such as the construction of roads, airports and harbours, the installation of water supply systems as well as waste disposal control would, to some extent, be controlled by EIA requirements and the Town Planning Act. 

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