http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/4/section/6Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026enStatute Law Database2026-07-16Expert Participation2026-06-27 PART 1 6 1 The Welsh Ministers must prepar‍e a document (“environmental principles and integrating environmental protection statement”) explaining— a how they consider the environmental principles should be interpreted; b how they propose to comply with the duty in section 3(1); c how they propose to determine, for the purpose of section 3(4), whether a policy would have no effect or a negligible effect on the environment; d how the environmental principles relate to each other and to the duty in section 3(1)(b); e how the environmental principles and the duty in section 3(1)(b) relate to the environmental objective; f how the duties in section 3(1), section 5(1) and article 4A(1) of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 relate to each other; g how the duty in section 3(1) relates to other powers and duties; h how they propose to demonstrate compliance with the duty in section 3(1). 2 The statement must include guidance to Natural Resources Wales about— a how to comply with the duty in article 4A(1) of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 and how to do so in a way that gives effect to its general purpose in article 4 of that Order; b how the environmental principles relate to each other and to the duty in article 4A(1)(b) of the Order; c how the duty in article 4A(1) of the Order relates to other powers and duties. 3 The statement must also include guidance to public authorities about— a how to comply with the duty in section 5(1); b how the environmental principles relate to each other and to the duty in section 5(1)(b); c how the environmental principles and the duty in section 5(1)(b) relate to the environmental objective; d how the duty in section 5(1) relates to other powers and duties. 4 The statement may also include any other matters the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.‍ S. 6 in force at 27.6.2026, see s. 46(2)(b)