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Part 1 Natural England and the Commission for Rural Communities
Chapter 1 Natural England
Constitution and general purpose
2.General purpose
3.Review and research
General implementation powers
5.Carrying out proposals etc.
6.Financial and other assistance
7.Management agreements
8.Experimental schemes
9.Information services etc.
10.Consultancy services and training
11.Power to charge for services and licences
12.Power to bring criminal proceedings
13.Incidental powers
14.Grants
Chapter 2 Commission for Rural Communities
The Commission and its general purpose
17.Commission for Rural Communities
18.Commission's general purpose
19.Representation, advice and monitoring
20.Research
21.Information services etc.
22.Power to charge for services
23.Incidental powers
24.Grants
25.Directions
Transfer schemes etc.
26.Transfers on dissolution of English Nature and Countryside Agency
27.Continuing powers to make transfer schemes
28.Transfer schemes: supplementary
29.Interim arrangements
Part 2 Nature conservation in the UK
Joint Nature Conservation Committee etc.
31.Joint Nature Conservation Committee
32.UK conservation bodies
33.Purpose of functions under this Part
Coordinated functions
34.Functions of national or international significance
35.Advice from joint committee to UK conservation body
36.GB functions with respect to wildlife
37.UK conservation bodies: incidental powers for UK purposes, etc.
38.Directions
Part 3 Wildlife etc.
40.Duty to conserve biodiversity
41.Biodiversity lists and action (England)
42.Biodiversity lists and action (Wales)
Pesticides harmful to wildlife
43.Possession of pesticides harmful to wildlife
44.Enforcement powers in connection with pesticides
45.Codes of practice
47.Protection for nests of certain birds which re-use their nests
48.Birds released into the wild as part of re-population programme
49.Registration etc. of certain captive birds
50.Sale etc. of invasive non-native species
51.Codes of practice in connection with invasive non-native species
Enforcement etc. of provisions relating to wildlife
52.Enforcement powers in connection with wildlife
53.Wildlife offences: time limits for proceedings
54.Application of Part 1 of 1981 Act to Crown
Part 4 Sites of special scientific interest
55.Offences in connection with SSSIs
56.Denotification
57.Effect of failure to serve certain notices in connection with SSSIs
58.Notices and signs relating to SSSIs
Part 5 National Parks and the Broads
59.Criteria for designating National Parks
60.Procedure for orders designating National Parks
61.Members of National Park authorities
62.Expenditure by National Parks authorities
63.Notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath in National Parks
64.Functions of Broads Authority and others in relation to the Broads
65.Emergency financial assistance
Part 6 Rights of way
Rights of way and mechanically propelled vehicles
66.Restriction on creation of new public rights of way
67.Ending of certain existing unrecorded public rights of way
68.Presumed dedication of restricted byways and use by pedal cycles etc.
69.Presumed dedication and applications under section 53(5) of the 1981 Act
70.Supplementary
Traffic regulation in National Parks
72.Traffic regulation on byways etc. in National Parks
Part 7 Inland waterways
73.Inland Waterways Advisory Council
74.Constitution of Council
75.Term of office, procedure etc.
76.Functions of Council: England and Wales
77.Functions of Council: Scotland
Part 8 Flexible administrative arrangements
Chapter 1 Agreements with designated bodies
Powers to enter into agreements
78.Agreement between Secretary of State and designated body
79.Agreement between designated bodies
80.Designated bodies
81.Reserved functions
82.Maximum duration of agreement
83.Particular powers
84.Agreements with local authorities
85.Supplementary provisions with respect to agreements
86.Interpretation
Chapter 2 Powers to reform agricultural etc. bodies
87.Power to establish boards
88.Permissible purposes of boards
89.Permissible functions of boards
90.Ancillary provisions
Power to dissolve existing levy bodies and boards
91.Power to dissolve existing levy bodies
92.Power to dissolve board
93.Dissolution: supplementary
Powers of appropriate authority
94.Grants
95.Directions
96.“The appropriate authority”
97.Orders: procedure etc.
Chapter 3 Financial assistance
98.Financial assistance
99.Natural beauty in the countryside
100.Byelaws relating to land drainage
101.Abolition of certain agricultural etc. committees
Part 10 Final provisions
102.Crown land
103.Wales
104.Power to make further provision
105.Minor and consequential amendments etc.
106.Financial provisions
107.Commencement
108.Extent
109.Short title
1.Natural England is to be a body corporate.
2.Subject to paragraph 22 (nature reserves), Natural England is not...
3.(1) Natural England is to consist of—
4.The Secretary of State may appoint one of the members...
5.Subject to paragraphs 6 to 8, a member holds and...
6.A member may resign by giving written notice to the...
7.The Secretary of State may remove a member who—
8.A person ceases to be chairman or deputy chairman if...
9.A person who— (a) ceases to be a member, or...
10.Natural England may pay to the members such remuneration and...
11.If required to do so by the Secretary of State,...
12.(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a person ceases to...
13.(1) Natural England must appoint a person to be chief...
14.Natural England may appoint other employees.
15.If required to do so by the Secretary of State,...
16.(1) Employment with Natural England is to be included among...
17.Natural England may determine its own procedure (including quorum).
18.No proceeding is invalidated by— (a) a vacancy in the...
19.(1) Natural England may authorise a committee, sub-committee, member or...
20.(1) A committee or sub-committee may include persons who are...
21.(1) The application of Natural England's seal must be authenticated...
22.(1) This paragraph applies to land in which Natural England...
23.(1) For each financial year, Natural England must—
24.(1) Natural England must keep proper accounts and proper records...
25.The Secretary of State must lay before each House of...
26.(1) Natural England must provide the Secretary of State with...
1.The Commission is to be a body corporate.
2.The Commission is not to be regarded—
3.(1) The Commission is to consist of—
10.The Commission may pay to the members such remuneration and...
13.(1) The Commission must appoint a person to be chief...
14.The Commission may appoint other employees.
16.(1) Employment with the Commission is to be included among...
17.The Commission may determine its own procedure (including quorum).
19.(1) The Commission may authorise a committee, sub-committee, member or...
21.(1) The application of the Commission's seal must be authenticated...
22.(1) For each financial year, the Commission must—
23.(1) The Commission must keep proper accounts and proper records...
24.The Secretary of State must lay before each House of...
25.(1) The Commission must provide the Secretary of State with...
1.A scheme may— (a) create for the transferor interests in...
6.Nothing in this Schedule affects any right a person has...
9.A transfer under this Schedule does not affect the validity...
1.(1) The joint committee is to consist of 14 members—...
2.The members appointed by the Secretary of State must not...
3.(1) The members appointed by the Secretary of State must...
Term of office of members appointed by Secretary of State
4.Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6, a member appointed by...
5.A member appointed by the Secretary of State may resign...
6.The Secretary of State may remove a member appointed by...
Remuneration and allowances etc.
7.The joint committee must pay to the members appointed by...
8.If required to do so by the Secretary of State,...
9.(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a person ceases to...
10.The joint committee may, with the approval of the Secretary...
11.The joint committee must pay to its employees such remuneration...
12.The joint committee may— (a) pay such pensions, gratuities or...
13.(1) With the consent of the Secretary of State, and...
14.(1) The funding bodies must provide the joint committee with...
15.(1) The Secretary of State may make grants to the...
16.(1) The joint committee may determine its own procedure (including...
17.(1) The joint committee may authorise any of their functions...
18.(1) As soon as possible after the end of each...
19.(1) In this Schedule “the appropriate authorities” means—
Enforcement powers in connection with wildlife
Part 1 Amendments of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
1.After section 18 insert— Wildlife inspectors (1) In this Part, “wildlife inspector” means a person authorised...
2.(1) Amend section 19 (powers of constables to stop, search,...
3.After section 19 insert— Constables' powers in connection with samples...
4.Omit sections 19ZA (enforcement: wildlife inspectors) and 19ZB (power to...
5.(1) Amend section 21 (penalties etc.) as follows.
6.In section 27 (interpretation of Part 1), in subsection (1),...
Part 2 Powers of wildlife inspectors extended to certain other Acts
7.In this Part “the enforcement provisions of the 1981 Act...
8.(1) The enforcement provisions of the 1981 Act relating to...
9.The enforcement provisions relating to Group 1 offences and Group...
10.The enforcement provisions relating to Group 1 offences and Group...
11.The enforcement provisions relating to Group 1 offences and Group...
12.(1) The Secretary of State may— (a) issue a code...
Part 4 Constable's search warrant power extended to certain other Acts
13.(1) Section 19(3) of the 1981 Act (issue of search...
Wildlife offences: time limits for proceedings
1.In section 6 (offences relating to importation etc. of musk...
2.In section 5 (penalties for offences), after subsection (2) insert—...
3.(1) Amend section 20 (summary prosecutions) as follows.
4.After section 51 insert— Summary prosecutions (1) Proceedings in England and Wales for a summary offence...
5.In section 9 (penalties for offences relating to deer), after...
6.After section 12 insert— Time limit for bringing summary proceedings...
1.A conservation board for an area of outstanding natural beauty...
1A.An inshore fisheries and conservation authority for a district established...
2.A joint committee of two or more local authorities which...
3.A local authority (as defined by section 86).
4.A National Park authority established for a National Park in...
5.The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew....
6.The British Potato Council.
7.Canal & River Trust.
8.The Broads Authority.
9.The Commission for Rural Communities.
10.The Environment Agency.
11.Food From Britain.
12.The Forestry Commissioners.
13.The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.
14.The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.
15.The Home-Grown Cereals Authority.
16.The Horticultural Development Council.
17.The Meat and Livestock Commission.
18.The Milk Development Council.
19.The National Forest Company.
20.Natural England.
21.The Seafish Industry Authority.
22.The Wine Standards Board.
Agricultural etc. boards
1.A board is (by virtue of this Schedule) a body...
2.A board is not to be regarded—
3.A board is to consist of— (a) a chairman appointed...
4.The appropriate authority may appoint one of the members to...
5.A section 87 order may include provision as to qualification...
6.A section 87 order may include provision as to—
7.A section 87 order may include provision—
8.A section 87 order may include provision as to the...
9.A section 87 order may include provision requiring the board...
10.A section 87 order must include provision—
11.A section 87 order may include provision requiring any documents...
Functions which may be assigned to boards
1.Promoting or undertaking scientific research.
2.(1) Promoting or undertaking inquiry— (a) as to materials and...
3.Promoting the production and marketing of standard products.
4.Promoting the better definition of trade descriptions and consistency in...
5.Developing, promoting, marketing or operating— (a) standards relating to the...
6.Developing, reviewing or operating schemes for the certification of products...
7.Undertaking the certification of products, the registration of certification trade...
8.Providing or promoting the provision of— (a) training for persons...
9.(1) Promoting— (a) the adoption of measures for securing safer...
10.Promoting or undertaking research into the incidence, prevention and cure...
11.Promoting or undertaking arrangements for encouraging the entry of persons...
12.Promoting or undertaking research for improving arrangements for marketing and...
13.Promoting or undertaking research into matters relating to the consumption...
14.Promoting arrangements— (a) for co-operative organisations, (b) for supplying materials...
15.Promoting the development of export trade, including promoting or undertaking...
16.Promoting or undertaking arrangements for better acquainting the public in...
17.Promoting or undertaking the collection and formulation of statistics.
18.Advising on any matters relating to the industry (other than...
19.Undertaking arrangements for making available information obtained, and for advising,...
Ancillary provisions relating to boards
Acting through subsidiaries
1.(1) A section 87 order may include provision—
Registers, returns and other information
2.(1) A section 87 order may include provision—
3.(1) A section 87 order may include provision conferring a...
4.(1) A section 87 order may include provision for enabling...
5.(1) A section 87 order may include provision—
Power to charge for services
6.A section 87 order may provide that the board (or...
7.(1) A section 87 order may include provision enabling the...
Approval of appropriate authority, consultation etc.
8.(1) A section 87 order may include provision making the...
9.(1) A section 87 order may create offences in relation...
1.(1) Amend section 5 (provisions as to musk rats found...
2.Omit section 32 (advisory committees).
3.In section 34 (power to enter on and inspect land),...
Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947 (c. 40)
4.In section 5 (restriction on disclosure of information), after subsection...
5.(1) Amend section 9 (levies for certain purposes for industries...
6.For the title of Part 1, substitute “ The Countryside...
7.(1) Amend section 1 (the Countryside Agency and the Countryside...
8.(1) Amend section 3 (power of Minister to give directions...
9.In section 4A (application of Part 2 in Wales), in...
10.In each of the following provisions for “the Agency” substitute...
11.(1) Amend section 6 (general duties of Agency in relation...
12.For section 15 (meaning of “nature reserve”) substitute— Meaning of...
13.(1) Amend section 15A (meaning of “Nature Conservancy Council”) as...
14.(1) Amend section 16 (agreements for management of nature reserves)...
15.In each of the following provisions for “the Nature Conservancy...
16.In section 17 (compulsory acquisition of land for establishment of...
17.In section 18 (compulsory acquisition of land for maintenance of...
18.In section 19 (declarations as to what are nature reserves),...
19.In section 21 (establishment of nature reserves by local authorities),...
20.In section 50A (application of Part 4 in Wales), in...
21.In section 64 (access agreements), omit subsection (5).
22.In the heading to section 85 (general duty of Commission...
23.In the heading to section 86 (information services to be...
24.In section 114 (interpretation), in subsection (1), omit the definition...
25.In Schedule 1 (provisions as to making, confirmation, coming into...
Manoeuvres Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. 7)
26.In— (a) section 1 (power to authorise execution of manoeuvres),...
27.In section 19 (consumers' committees and committees' of investigation), omit...
28.(1) Amend section 20 (directions by Ministers to boards as...
29.(1) Amend section 21 (temporary directions by Ministers) as follows....
30.(1) Amend section 32 (general provisions as to commissions and...
31.In section 47 (restrictions on disclosing certain information obtained under...
32.In section 53 (provisions as to Northern Ireland), in subsection...
33.In Schedule 3 (matters referred to in the definition of...
34.(1) In Schedule 1 (definition of public records), amend Part...
Cereals Marketing Act 1965 (c. 14)
35.In section 6 (further non-trading functions of Authority), in subsection...
36.In section 17 (offences in relation to scheme under section...
37.In section 39 (meaning of “public office” etc.), in subsection...
38.In section 5A (byelaws under section 5 for marine environmental...
39.(1) Amend Schedule 2 (departments and authorities subject to investigation)...
40.Omit section 24 (disclosure of information).
41.In the heading preceding section 1, for “Agency” substitute “...
42.For section 1 (general functions of the Countryside Agency and...
43.(1) Amend section 2 (new functions of the Agency) as...
44.(1) Amend section 4 (experimental projects or schemes) as follows....
45.In section 8 (country park: sailing, boating, bathing and fishing),...
46.(1) Amend section 12 (facilities in or near National Parks)...
47.In section 13 (lakes in national parks: control of boats...
48.(1) Amend section 15 (agreements in respect of areas of...
49.(1) Amend section 15A (compulsory purchase) as follows.
50.In section 23 (provision of facilities by Forestry Commissioners), in...
51.In section 37 (protection for interests in countryside) for “the...
52.In section 38 (avoidance of pollution), for “the Agency” substitute...
53.(1) Amend section 41 (power to make byelaws and related...
54.In section 45 (agreements with landowners), in subsection (1), omit...
55.(1) Amend section 46 (application of general provisions of 1949...
56.In section 49 (interpretation), in subsection (2), omit the definition...
57.(1) Amend section 10 (power to grant licences) as follows....
58.(1) Amend Schedule 1 (kinds of employment to which that...
59.For section 9 (grants and loans by the Countryside Agency...
60.(1) Amend Schedule 1 (offices disqualifying for membership) as follows....
61.(1) Amend Schedule 1A (bodies and other persons subject to...
Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 (c. 27)
62.In section 1 (power to limit the import etc. of...
63.In section 105B (procedure), in subsection (8), in paragraph (b)...
64.In section 119D (diversion of certain highways for protection of...
65.In section 119E (provisions supplementary to section 119D), in subsection...
66.In section 120 (exercise of powers of making public path...
67.In section 135A (temporary diversion for dangerous works), in subsection...
68.(1) Amend section 21 (destruction of wild life on infection...
69.In section 22 (powers of entry for section 21), in...
70.In section 10 (exceptions to section 9), in subsection (5),...
71.In section 15 (endangered species (import and export)), in subsection...
72.(1) Amend section 16 (power to grant licences) as follows....
73.(1) In section 21 (penalties, forfeitures, etc.), in subsections (4)...
74.(1) Amend section 22 (power to vary Schedules) as follows....
75.(1) Amend section 24 (functions of Nature Conservancy Council) as...
76.(1) Amend section 27 (interpretation of Part 1) as follows....
77.Omit section 27A (construction of references to Nature Conservancy Council)...
78.Before section 28 insert— Sites of special scientific interest and...
79.In sections 28 to 32 (which relate to sites of...
80.In section 28E (duties in relation to sites of special...
81.(1) Amend section 28G (statutory undertakers, etc.: general duty) as...
82.In section 33 (ministerial guidance as respects areas of special...
83.(1) Amend section 34 (limestone pavement orders) as follows.
84.Before section 35 insert— Nature reserves, marine nature reserves and...
85.In sections 35 to 37, for “the Nature Conservancy Council”...
86.In section 37A (Ramsar sites—wetlands of international importance), in subsections...
87.In section 39 (management agreements with owners and occupiers of...
88.(1) Amend section 41 (duties of agriculture Ministers with respect...
89.Before section 42 insert— Application of sections 42 to 45...
90.(1) Amend section 43 (maps of National Parks showing certain...
91.(1) Amend section 45 (power to vary orders designating National...
92.(1) Amend section 47 (provisions with respect to the Countryside...
93.In section 49 (extension of power to appoint wardens)—
94.(1) Amend section 50 (payments under certain agreements offered by...
95.(1) Amend section 51 (powers of entry) as follows.
96.In section 52 (interpretation of Part 2), in subsection (1),...
97.(1) Amend section 71 (general interpretation) as follows.
98.Omit Schedule 13 (provisions with respect to the Countryside Agency)....
99.In section 1 (power of Secretary of State to give...
Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1080 (N.I. 12))
100.Omit— (a) Article 21 (committee of investigation), and
101.(1) Amend Article 29 (restrictions on disclosing certain information obtained...
Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983 (c. 29)
102.Omit section 1 (functions of Countryside Agency in relation to...
National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47)
103.In section 24 (general functions of the Board), omit subsections...
104.(1) Amend section 22 (traffic regulation for special areas in...
105.In Schedule 3 (gifts for national purposes, etc.), for “English...
General Consumer Council (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1822 (N.I. 12))
106.Omit Article 7 (functions of the General Consumer Council in...
107.In section 18 (designation and management of environmentally sensitive areas),...
108.In Schedule 2 (supplementary provisions as to the scheduled works...
109.In Schedule 3 (planning permission), in paragraph 17(4), for paragraphs...
110.(1) Amend section 4 (conservation of areas of natural beauty)...
111.In section 5 (notification of certain operations within the Broads),...
112.In— (a) section 6 (byelaws: general), in subsection (4),
113.In Schedule 2 (variation of area treated as the broads)—...
114.In Schedule 3 (functions of Authority), in paragraph 33(1), for...
115.In Schedule 9 (preservation of amenity and fisheries), in paragraph...
116.In section 36 (grant of waste management licenses), in subsection...
117.(1) For section 128 (creation and constitution of new Councils)...
118.For section 129 (grants by Secretary of State to new...
119.In section 130 (countryside functions of Welsh Council)—
120.(1) Amend section 131 (nature conservation functions: preliminary) as follows....
121.(1) Amend section 132 (general functions of the Councils) as...
122.Omit section 133 (special functions of the Councils).
123.(1) Amend section 134 (grants and loans by Councils) as...
124.Omit sections 135 to 138 (dissolution of Nature Conservancy Council...
125.In section 161 (regulations, orders and directions), in subsection (4)(b),...
126.(1) Amend Schedule 6 as follows. (2) Omit paragraphs 1...
127.Omit Schedules 7 (the Joint Nature Conservation Committee) and 10...
128.(1) Amend section 8 (exceptions for persons licensed by the...
129.(1) Amend section 4 (environmental duties with respect to sites...
130.In section 5 (codes of practice with respect to environmental...
131.(1) Amend section 156 (restriction on disposals of land) as...
132.In Schedule 1A (the Water Services Regulation Authority), omit paragraph...
133.In Schedule 6 (orders relating to abstraction of small quantities...
134.(1) Amend section 61C (duties with respect to sites of...
135.In section 61E (codes of practice), in subsection (4)(b), for...
Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42)
136.In section 6 (applications for orders relating to railways, tramways,...
137.In section 10 (licences)— (a) in subsections (1), (3), (4)...
Agriculture Act 1993 (c. 37)
138.Omit section 20 (functions under section 19 of the Agricultural...
Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2665 (N.I. 10))
139.Omit Article 22 (functions of certain bodies in relation to...
140.In section 4 (principal aims and objectives of the Environment...
141.(1) Amend section 8 (environmental duties with respect to sites...
142.In section 9 (codes of practice with respect to environmental...
143.In section 66 (National Park Management Plans), in subsection (7)(a),...
144.In section 72 (National Park grant), in subsection (2), for...
145.In section 99 (consultation before making or modifying certain subordinate...
146.In Schedule 7 (National Park authorities), in paragraphs 4(1) and...
147.In Schedule 6 (planning conditions), in the table in paragraph...
148.In Schedule 14 (overhead lines: consent), in the table in...
149.In Schedule 4 (public bodies subject to reform by Assembly),...
150.In Schedule 5 (bodies and offices covered by section 74),...
151.In section 352 (the Mayor's biodiversity action plan), in subsection...
152.In section 408 (transfer of property, rights or liabilities), in...
153.(1) In Schedule 1 (public authorities), amend Part 6 as...
154.In section 1 (principal definitions for Part 1), in subsection...
155.In section 4 (duty to prepare maps), in subsection (1),...
156.(1) Amend section 20 (codes of conduct and other information)...
157.In section 26 (nature conservation and heritage preservation), in subsection...
158.In section 33 (guidance by countryside bodies to National Park...
159.In section 58 (application for path creation order), for subsection...
160.In section 61 (rights of way improvement plans: supplemental), in...
161.Omit section 73 (Nature Conservancy Council for England: change of...
162.Omit section 74 (conservation of biological diversity).
163.In section 82 (designation of areas of outstanding natural beauty),...
164.In each of the following provisions for “the Agency” substitute...
165.In section 85 (general duty of public bodies etc.), in...
166.In section 87 (general purposes and powers), in subsection (2),...
167.In section 90 (supplementary provisions relating to management plans for...
168.In section 92 (interpretation of Part 4 etc.), in subsection...
169.In section 101 (expenses), omit paragraph (a).
170.(1) In Schedule 11 (transitional provisions and savings relating to...
171.In Schedule 2 (listed authorities), in Part 2, omit paragraphs...
172.In Schedule 1 (the Water Services Regulation Authority), in the...
173.In Schedule 2 (the specified authorities), omit the entry relating...
174.In Schedule 1 (Category 1 and 2 responders), after paragraph...
Part 2 Inland waterways
175.(1) In— (a) the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (2), and...
176.In Part 1 of Schedule 17 to the Transport Act...