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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/section/16B</dc:identifier><dc:title>Environment Act 1995</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to provide for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Environment Agency and a body corporate to be known as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; to provide for the transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities to those bodies and for the conferring of other functions on them; to make provision with respect to contaminated land and abandoned mines; to make further provision in relation to National Parks; to make further provision for the control of pollution, the conservation of natural resources and the conservation or enhancement of the environment; to make provision for imposing obligations on certain persons in respect of certain products or materials; to make provision in relation to fisheries; to make provision for certain enactments to bind the Crown; to make provision with respect to the application of certain enactments in relation to the Isles of Scilly; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:date>1995-07-19</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-08-04</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-07-16</dct:valid>
					
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RestrictStartDate="2026-07-16"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/part/I" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/part/I" NumberOfProvisions="65" id="part-I" RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictStartDate="2025-11-01"><Number>Part I</Number><Title> The Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/part/I/chapter/1A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/part/I/chapter/1A" NumberOfProvisions="19" id="part-I-chapter-1A" RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictStartDate="2018-01-01"><Number><Addition ChangeId="key-f45f325ac92b8dfc8ea64b1687dabd86-1563886518133" CommentaryRef="key-f45f325ac92b8dfc8ea64b1687dabd86">Chapter 1A</Addition></Number><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-f45f325ac92b8dfc8ea64b1687dabd86-1563886518133" CommentaryRef="key-f45f325ac92b8dfc8ea64b1687dabd86">General functions of the Agency and the Natural Resources Body for Wales</Addition></Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/part/I/chapter/I/crossheading/flood-defence-committees" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/part/I/chapter/I/crossheading/flood-defence-committees" NumberOfProvisions="9" id="part-I-chapter-I-crossheading-flood-defence-committees" RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictStartDate="2011-04-01"><Title> Flood defence committees</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2011-04-01" RestrictExtent="E+W"><Title>Effect of order under section 16A</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/section/16B" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/section/16B" id="section-16B"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-71ef21c83d50d0dae56188d6e8258258"/>16B</Pnumber><P1para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-71ef21c83d50d0dae56188d6e8258258" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="clgoi9qm3-00005" StartSectionRef="section-14" EndSectionRef="section-19" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/section/14" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/section/19">Ss. 14-19</CitationSubRef> repealed (E.W.) (1.4.2011) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/29" id="clgoi9qm3-00006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2010" Number="29" Title="Flood and Water Management Act 2010">Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="clgoi9qm3-00007" CitationRef="clgoi9qm3-00006" SectionRef="section-49-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/29/section/49/3">s. 49(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="clgoi9qm3-00008" CitationRef="clgoi9qm3-00006" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-53" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/29/schedule/2/paragraph/53" Operative="true">Sch. 2 para. 53</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="clgoi9qm3-00009" CitationRef="clgoi9qm3-00006" SectionRef="section-49-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/29/section/49/1">s. 49(1)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef id="clgoi9qm3-00010" CitationRef="clgoi9qm3-00006" SectionRef="section-49-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/29/section/49/6">(6)</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/694" id="clgoi9qm3-00011" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2011" Number="694" Title="The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011">S.I. 2011/694</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="clgoi9qm3-00012" CitationRef="clgoi9qm3-00011" SectionRef="article-3-i" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/694/article/3/i">art. 3(i)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-f45f325ac92b8dfc8ea64b1687dabd86" Type="F"><Para><Text>Pt. I Ch. 1A heading inserted (1.4.2013) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2013/755" id="cg23g8z63-00056" Class="WelshStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="755" Title="The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013">The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cg23g8z63-00057" CitationRef="cg23g8z63-00056" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2013/755/article/1/2" SectionRef="article-1-2">art. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cg23g8z63-00058" CitationRef="cg23g8z63-00056" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2013/755/schedule/2/paragraph/363/1" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-363-1" Operative="true">Sch. 2 para. 363(1)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cg23g8z63-00059" CitationRef="cg23g8z63-00056" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2013/755/schedule/7" SectionRef="schedule-7">Sch. 7</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>