http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/43

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/130/2004-03-31

Environmental Protection Act 1990

An Act to make provision for the improved control of pollution arising from certain industrial and other processes; to re-enact the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 relating to waste on land with modifications as respects the functions of the regulatory and other authorities concerned in the collection and disposal of waste and to make further provision in relation to such waste; to restate the law defining statutory nuisances and improve the summary procedures for dealing with them, to provide for the termination of the existing controls over offensive trades or businesses and to provide for the extension of the Clean Air Acts to prescribed gases; to amend the law relating to litter and make further provision imposing or conferring powers to impose duties to keep public places clear of litter and clean; to make provision conferring powers in relation to trolleys abandoned on land in the open air; to amend the Radioactive Substances Act 1960; to make provision for the control of genetically modified organisms; to make provision for the abolition of the Nature Conservancy Council and for the creation of councils to replace it and discharge the functions of that Council and, as respects Wales, of the Countryside Commission; to make further provision for the control of the importation, exportation, use, supply or storage of prescribed substances and articles and the importation or exportation of prescribed descriptions of waste; to confer powers to obtain information about potentially hazardous substances; to amend the law relating to the control of hazardous substances on, over or under land; to amend section 107(6) of the Water Act 1989 and sections 31(7)(a), 31A(2)(c)(i) and 32(7)(a) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974; to amend the provisions of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 as regards the dumping of waste at sea; to make further provision as respects the prevention of oil pollution from ships; to make provision for and in connection with the identification and control of dogs; to confer powers to control the burning of crop residues; to make provision in relation to financial or other assistance for purposes connected with the environment; to make provision as respects superannuation of employees of the Groundwork Foundation and for remunerating the chairman of the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council; and for purposes connected with those purposes.

1990-11-01

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Environmental Protection Act 1990

s. 33ZB(10A)

Environment Act 2021

s. 69(3)(b)

s. 144

s. 147(3)

(4)

Environmental Protection Act 1990

s. 34ZB(8A)

Environment Act 2021

s. 69(5)(b)

s. 144

s. 147(3)

(4)

Environmental Protection Act 1990

s. 161(2AA)

(2AB)

Environment (Wales) Act 2016

Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Cymru) 2016

s. 69(4)

s. 88(3)(b)

Environmental Protection Act 1990

s. 106A

Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023

s. 41(2)

s. 46

s. 48(4)

C1Part VII Nature Conservation in Great Britain and Countryside Matters in Wales

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Pt. VII (ss. 128-139) applied (S.) (01.04.1992) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1), s. 4(1); S.I. 1991/2633, art.4.

Countryside matters

I1130 Countryside functions of Welsh Council.

1

The Countryside Council for Wales shall, in place of the Commission established under section 1 of the National Parks and Access to the M1Countryside Act 1949 (so far as concerns Wales), have such of the functions under the Acts amended by Schedule 8 to this Act (which relates to countryside matters) as are assigned to them in accordance with the amendments effected by that Schedule.

2

The Countryside Council for Wales shall discharge those functions—

a

for the conservation and enhancement of natural beauty in Wales and of the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside in Wales, both in the areas designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 as National Parks or F1under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 as areas of outstanding natural beauty and elsewhere;

b

for encouraging the provision or improvement, for persons resorting to the countryside in Wales, of facilities for the enjoyment thereof and for the enjoyment of the opportunities for open-air recreation and the study of nature afforded thereby;

and shall have regard to the social and economic interests of rural areas in Wales.

3

The reference in subsection (2) above to the conservation of the natural beauty of the countryside includes the conservation of its flora, fauna and geological and physiographical features.

P14

The Countryside Council for Wales and the F2Countryside Agency shall discharge their respective functions under those Acts (as amended by Schedule 8) on and after a day to be appointed by an order made by the Secretary of State.