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Introductory Text
PART 1 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Introduction
1.Purpose of this Part
2.Natural resources
3.Sustainable management of natural resources
4.Principles of sustainable management of natural resources
General duties of public authorities
5.General purpose of Natural Resources Body for Wales
6.Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty
7.Biodiversity lists and duty to take steps to maintain and enhance biodiversity
State of natural resources report
8.Duty to prepare and publish state of natural resources report
National natural resources policy
9.Duty to prepare, publish and implement national natural resources policy
Area-based implementation of the national policy
10.Meaning of public body in sections 11 to 15
11.Area statements
12.Welsh Ministers’ directions to implement area statements
13.Guidance about implementing area statements
14.Duty of public bodies to provide information or other assistance to NRW
15.Duty of NRW to provide information or other assistance to public bodies
Land management agreements
16.Power to enter into land management agreements
17.Effect on successors in title of certain land management agreements
18.Application of Schedule 2 to the Forestry Act 1967 to land management agreements
19.Effect of agreements on dedication of highway and grant of easement
20.Transitional provisions
21.Crown land
Experimental schemes
22.Power to suspend statutory requirements for experimental schemes
23.Power of NRW to conduct experimental schemes etc.
General
24.Power to amend periods for the preparation and publication of documents
25.Regulations under this Part
26.General interpretation of this Part
27.Minor and consequential provision
PART 2 CLIMATE CHANGE
28.Purpose of this Part
Emissions targets and carbon budgets: main duties of the Welsh Ministers
29.The 2050 emissions target
30.Interim emissions targets
31.Carbon budgets
32.Emissions targets and carbon budgets: principles
Targets and budgets: scope and main concepts
33.The net Welsh emissions account
34.Net Welsh emissions
35.Welsh emissions from international aviation and shipping
36.Carbon units
37.Greenhouse gases
38.The baseline
Compliance with carbon budgets: reports and statements by the Welsh Ministers
39.Proposals and policies for meeting carbon budget
40.Carrying amounts from one budgetary period to another
41.Final statement for budgetary period
42.Proposals and policies where carbon budget not met
Compliance with emissions targets: statements by the Welsh Ministers
43.Statements for interim target years and 2050
Functions of advisory body: reports and advice
44.Advisory body
45.Progress reports
46.Duty of advisory body to provide advice and assistance
47.Guidance to advisory body
Regulations: procedure and advice
48.Regulations: procedure
49.Requirement to obtain advice about proposals to make regulations
50.Advice about proposed regulations relating to targets and budgets
Measurement and interpretation
51.Measurement of emissions
52.International carbon reporting practice
53.General interpretation of this Part
PART 3 CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS
Regulations about charges for carrier bags
54.Meaning of “carrier bag”
55.Requirement to charge
56.Sellers of goods
57.Application of proceeds
Administration and enforcement
58.Administration
59.Record-keeping and publication of records
60.Enforcement
61.Civil sanctions
62.Regulations under this Part
63.General interpretation of this Part
64.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
PART 4 COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE
Separate collection etc. of waste
65.Requirements relating to separate collection etc. of waste
Disposal of waste
66.Prohibition on disposal of food waste to sewer
67.Power to prohibit or regulate disposal of waste by incineration
Enforcement
68.Civil sanctions
69.Regulations
70.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
PART 5 FISHERIES FOR SHELLFISH
Applications for orders relating to fisheries
71.Applications for orders relating to fisheries
Protection of marine environment
72.Requirement to include environmental provisions in orders relating to fisheries
73.Power to serve notices for protection of European marine sites
74.Power to vary or revoke orders to protect European marine sites
75.Supplementary provision
PART 6 MARINE LICENSING
76.Advice and assistance in relation to marine licensing
77.Fees for monitoring, variation etc. of marine licences
78.Further provision about payment of fees
79.Appeal against variation etc. of marine licence for non-payment of fee or deposit
80.Exceptions from power to delegate licensing authority functions
PART 7 MISCELLANEOUS
Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee
81.Establishment of Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee
Land drainage
82.Repeal of requirements to publish in local newspapers etc.
83.Valuation of non-agricultural land for apportionment of drainage expenses
84.Power to make provision for appeals against special levies
85.Power of entry: compliance with order for cleansing ditches etc.
Byelaws
86.Byelaws made by the Natural Resources Body for Wales
PART 8 GENERAL
87.Interpretation
88.Coming into force
89.Short title
SCHEDULE 1
CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS: CIVIL SANCTIONS
1.Civil sanctions
2.Fixed monetary penalties
3.Fixed monetary penalties: procedure
4.Discretionary requirements
5.Discretionary requirements: procedure
6.Discretionary requirements: enforcement
7.Combination of sanctions
8.Monetary penalties
9.Costs recovery
10.Appeals
11.Publicity for imposition of civil sanctions
12.Persons liable to civil sanctions
13.Guidance about use of powers to impose civil sanctions and recover costs
14.Publication of enforcement action
15.Compliance with regulatory principles
16.Review
17.Suspension
18.Payment of penalties into Welsh Consolidated Fund
19.Index of defined terms
SCHEDULE 2
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
1.National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)
2.Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
3.Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
4.Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)
5.Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
6.Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
7.Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)
8.Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)
9.Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16)
10.Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)
11.Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4)
PART 2 CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS
12.Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27)
13.Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8)
PART 3 COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE
14.Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)
15.Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 (c. 29)
16.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
17.Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8)
PART 4 FLOOD AND COASTAL EROSION COMMITTEE
18.Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c. 67)
19.Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)
20.Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
21.Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59)
22.Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
23.Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
24.Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10)
25.Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29)
26.Public Bodies Act 2011 (c. 24)
27.Water Act 2014 (c. 21)
PART 5 BYELAWS
28.National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)
29.Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
30.Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2)