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<Text>In this Part, references to a public authority failing to comply with environmental law are references to the authority—</Text>
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<Text>exercising its functions in a way that is contrary to environmental law, or</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>failing to exercise its functions where the failure is contrary to environmental law.</Text>
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