Environment Act 1995

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

22 (1) In section 39(5)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (definition of “relevant authority”), before “in a National Park” there shall be inserted “which is not in an area for which a National Park authority is the local planning authority but is”.

(2) In section 41(5A) of that Act (duties of agriculture Ministers with respect to the countryside to have effect in relation to the Broads as if the Broads were a National Park), at the end there shall be inserted “(and, as respects land within the Broads, any reference in this section to the relevant authority is accordingly a reference to the Broads Authority).”

(3) In section 42 of that Act (notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath), for the words “local planning authority”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted “National Park authority”.

(4) In section 44 of that Act (grants and loans for National Parks purposes)—

(a) in subsection (2), for “a local planning authority” there shall be substituted “the authority in question”;

(b) in subsection (3), for “A local planning authority” there shall be substituted “The authority in question”; and

(c) in subsection (4), for the words from “county planning authority” onwards there shall be substituted “National Park authority and the Broads as a National Park for which it is the local planning authority”.

(5) In section 51(2)(c) of that Act (definition of “relevant authority” in relation to the exercise of powers of entry for the purposes of section 42), for “local planning authority” there shall be substituted “National Park authority”.

(6) In section 52(2) of that Act (construction of references to a local planning authority), after “except as respects” there shall be inserted “a National Park for which a National Park authority is the local planning authority,”.

(7) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall cease to have effect with the coming into force of the repeal by this Act of section 39(5)(a) of that Act of 1981.