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<Text>After section 6(2) of the Environment Act, insert—</Text>
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<Text>In complying with subsection (1), a public authority within subsection (11) that has been designated in regulations under section 6F must take action to contribute to meeting the target in relation to which it has been designated.</Text>
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<Text>In section 6(5)(d) of the Environment Act, at the beginning, insert <InlineAmendment>“where the public authority is one within subsection (11),”</InlineAmendment>.</Text>
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<Text>In section 6(9) of the Environment Act, in the definition of “public authority”, at the end of paragraph (e) insert <InlineAmendment>“, but not the Office of Environmental Governance Wales”</InlineAmendment>.</Text>
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<Text>After section 6(10) of the Environment Act, insert—</Text>
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<Text>A public authority is within this subsection if it is—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>a devolved Welsh authority within the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32" id="c00015" Year="2006" Number="32" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct">2006 (c. 32)</Citation>, or</Text>
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<Text>listed in paragraph 9(2) or (6) of Schedule 7B to that Act.</Text>
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