Every organ of state that is empowered or required by or in terms of any law to exercise a power or perform a duty that may have an adverse effect on the environment, must in exercising or performing that power or duty in respect of the Province:-
(a) take a long-term perspective of the likely effects of each action or decision on the environment;
(b) apply the principles of ecological sustainability contemplated in Section 6; and
(c) apply the environmental management principles contemplated in Section 2 of the National Environmental Management Act.