http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/23Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006An Act to make provision about bodies concerned with the natural environment and rural communities; to make provision in connection with wildlife, sites of special scientific interest, National Parks and the Broads; to amend the law relating to rights of way; to make provision as to the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council; to provide for flexible administrative arrangements in connection with functions relating to the environment and rural affairs and certain other functions; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-06-19Expert Participation2026-06-17 Part 1 Chapter 223. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S. 23 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)Pt. 1 Ch. 2 repealed (1.4.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Commission for Rural Communities) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2654), art. 1(4), Sch.