PART 2 —ESTABLISHMENT AND GENERAL FUNCTIONS
Purpose of the Body4.
(1)
The purpose of the Body is to ensure that the environment and natural resources of Wales are—
(a)
sustainably maintained;
(b)
sustainably enhanced; and
(c)
sustainably used.
(2)
In this article—
(a)
“sustainably” (“yn gynaliadwy”) means—
(i)
with a view to benefitting, and
(ii)
in a manner designed to benefit,
the people, environment and economy of Wales in the present and in the future;
(b)
“environment” (“amgylchedd”) includes, without limitation, living organisms and ecosystems.
(3)
Wherever the Body exercises any function in relation to, or that affects, the Welsh zone F1..., both the references to “Wales” in paragraph (1) are to be interpreted as including references to the Welsh zone.
(4)
Wherever the Body exercises a function in relation to, or in a manner that affects, any other area outside Wales, both the references to “Wales” in paragraph (1) are to be interpreted as including references to the area in question.
(5)
Paragraph (1) does not give the Body power to—
(a)
do anything that it would not otherwise have the power to do, or