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Environment (Wales) Act 2016

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

    1. Introduction

      1. 1.Purpose of this Part

      2. 2.Natural resources

      3. 3.Sustainable management of natural resources

      4. 4.Principles of sustainable management of natural resources

    2. General duties of public authorities

      1. 5.General purpose of Natural Resources Body for Wales

      2. 6.Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty

      3. 7.Biodiversity lists and duty to take steps to maintain and enhance biodiversity

    3. State of natural resources report

      1. 8.Duty to prepare and publish state of natural resources report

    4. National natural resources policy

      1. 9.Duty to prepare, publish and implement national natural resources policy

    5. Area-based implementation of the national policy

      1. 10.Meaning of public body in sections 11 to 15

      2. 11.Area statements

      3. 12.Welsh Ministers’ directions to implement area statements

      4. 13.Guidance about implementing area statements

      5. 14.Duty of public bodies to provide information or other assistance to NRW

      6. 15.Duty of NRW to provide information or other assistance to public bodies

    6. Land management agreements

      1. 16.Power to enter into land management agreements

      2. 17.Effect on successors in title of certain land management agreements

      3. 18.Application of Schedule 2 to the Forestry Act 1967 to land management agreements

      4. 19.Effect of agreements on dedication of highway and grant of easement

      5. 20.Transitional provisions

      6. 21.Crown land

    7. Experimental schemes

      1. 22.Power to suspend statutory requirements for experimental schemes

      2. 23.Power of NRW to conduct experimental schemes etc.

    8. General

      1. 24.Power to amend periods for the preparation and publication of documents

      2. 25.Regulations under this Part

      3. 26.General interpretation of this Part

      4. 27.Minor and consequential provision

  3. PART 2 CLIMATE CHANGE

    1. Introduction

      1. 28.Purpose of this Part

    2. Emissions targets and carbon budgets: main duties of the Welsh Ministers

      1. 29.The 2050 emissions target

      2. 30.Interim emissions targets

      3. 31.Carbon budgets

      4. 32.Emissions targets and carbon budgets: principles

    3. Targets and budgets: scope and main concepts

      1. 33.The net Welsh emissions account

      2. 34.Net Welsh emissions

      3. 35.Welsh emissions from international aviation and shipping

      4. 36.Carbon units

      5. 37.Greenhouse gases

      6. 38.The baseline

    4. Compliance with carbon budgets: reports and statements by the Welsh Ministers

      1. 39.Proposals and policies for meeting carbon budget

      2. 40.Carrying amounts from one budgetary period to another

      3. 41.Final statement for budgetary period

      4. 42.Proposals and policies where carbon budget not met

    5. Compliance with emissions targets: statements by the Welsh Ministers

      1. 43.Statements for interim target years and 2050

    6. Functions of advisory body: reports and advice

      1. 44.Advisory body

      2. 45.Progress reports

      3. 46.Duty of advisory body to provide advice and assistance

      4. 47.Guidance to advisory body

    7. Regulations: procedure and advice

      1. 48.Regulations: procedure

      2. 49.Requirement to obtain advice about proposals to make regulations

      3. 50.Advice about proposed regulations relating to targets and budgets

    8. Measurement and interpretation

      1. 51.Measurement of emissions

      2. 52.International carbon reporting practice

      3. 53.General interpretation of this Part

  4. PART 3 CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS

    1. Regulations about charges for carrier bags

      1. 54.Meaning of “carrier bag”

      2. 55.Requirement to charge

      3. 56.Sellers of goods

      4. 57.Application of proceeds

    2. Administration and enforcement

      1. 58.Administration

      2. 59.Record-keeping and publication of records

      3. 60.Enforcement

      4. 61.Civil sanctions

    3. General

      1. 62.Regulations under this Part

      2. 63.General interpretation of this Part

      3. 64.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

  5. PART 4 COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE

    1. Separate collection etc. of waste

      1. 65.Requirements relating to separate collection etc. of waste

    2. Disposal of waste

      1. 66.Prohibition on disposal of food waste to sewer

      2. 67.Power to prohibit or regulate disposal of waste by incineration

    3. Enforcement

      1. 68.Civil sanctions

    4. General

      1. 69.Regulations

      2. 70.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

  6. PART 5 FISHERIES FOR SHELLFISH

    1. Applications for orders relating to fisheries

      1. 71.Applications for orders relating to fisheries

    2. Protection of marine environment

      1. 72.Requirement to include environmental provisions in orders relating to fisheries

      2. 73.Power to serve notices for protection of European marine sites

      3. 74.Power to vary or revoke orders to protect European marine sites

      4. 75.Supplementary provision

  7. PART 6 MARINE LICENSING

    1. 76.Advice and assistance in relation to marine licensing

    2. 77.Fees for monitoring, variation etc. of marine licences

    3. 78.Further provision about payment of fees

    4. 79.Appeal against variation etc. of marine licence for non-payment of fee or deposit

    5. 80.Exceptions from power to delegate licensing authority functions

  8. PART 7 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee

      1. 81.Establishment of Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee

    2. Land drainage

      1. 82.Repeal of requirements to publish in local newspapers etc.

      2. 83.Valuation of non-agricultural land for apportionment of drainage expenses

      3. 84.Power to make provision for appeals against special levies

      4. 85.Power of entry: compliance with order for cleansing ditches etc.

    3. Byelaws

      1. 86.Byelaws made by the Natural Resources Body for Wales

  9. PART 8 GENERAL

    1. 87.Interpretation

    2. 88.Coming into force

    3. 89.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS: CIVIL SANCTIONS

      1. 1.Civil sanctions

      2. 2.Fixed monetary penalties

      3. 3.Fixed monetary penalties: procedure

      4. 4.Discretionary requirements

      5. 5.Discretionary requirements: procedure

      6. 6.Discretionary requirements: enforcement

      7. 7.Combination of sanctions

      8. 8.Monetary penalties

      9. 9.Costs recovery

      10. 10.Appeals

      11. 11.Publicity for imposition of civil sanctions

      12. 12.Persons liable to civil sanctions

      13. 13.Guidance about use of powers to impose civil sanctions and recover costs

      14. 14.Publication of enforcement action

      15. 15.Compliance with regulatory principles

      16. 16.Review

      17. 17.Suspension

      18. 18.Payment of penalties into Welsh Consolidated Fund

      19. 19.Index of defined terms

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

      1. PART 1 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

        1. 1.National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)

        2. 2.Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)

        3. 3.Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

        4. 4.Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)

        5. 5.Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

        6. 6.Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

        7. 7.Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)

        8. 8.Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)

        9. 9.Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16)

        10. 10.Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)

        11. 11.Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4)

      2. PART 2 CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS

        1. 12.Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27)

        2. 13.Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8)

      3. PART 3 COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE

        1. 14.Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)

        2. 15.Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 (c. 29)

        3. 16.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

        4. 17.Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8)

      4. PART 4 FLOOD AND COASTAL EROSION COMMITTEE

        1. 18.Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c. 67)

        2. 19.Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)

        3. 20.Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)

        4. 21.Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59)

        5. 22.Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

        6. 23.Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)

        7. 24.Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10)

        8. 25.Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29)

        9. 26.Public Bodies Act 2011 (c. 24)

        10. 27.Water Act 2014 (c. 21)

      5. PART 5 BYELAWS

        1. 28.National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)

        2. 29.Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)

        3. 30.Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2)

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