A general environmental duty is being implemented in Victoria as part of an overhaul of the jurisdiction's environmental protection regime. This is part of a growing international trend to replace or supplement prescriptive regulatory regimes with more general, principle-based standards. However, implementing a general environmental duty poses numerous challenges to regulators responsible for its implementation. This study systematically reviews the growing literature on general duties and their implementation to identify these challenges. Through a thematic synthesis of the published literature, we identify nine challenges relevant to the implementation of a general environmental duty. The article concludes by identifying four opportunities for regulators to address these challenges.

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履行一般环境职责：挑战与机遇

作为对该辖区环境保护制度进行全面改革的一部分，维多利亚州正在实施一项一般环境税。这是越来越多的国际趋势的一部分，即用更普遍的、基于原则的标准取代或补充规定的监管制度。然而，实施一般环境责任对负责实施的监管机构提出了许多挑战。本研究系统地回顾了越来越多的关于一般职责及其实施的文献，以确定这些挑战。通过对已发表文献的专题综合，我们确定了与执行一般环境义务相关的九个挑战。本文最后确定了监管机构应对这些挑战的四个机会。