The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012

[F1Access and recreation dutiesE+W

5C.—(1) The Body must exercise its functions so as to promote the provision and improvement of opportunities for—

(a)access to, and enjoyment of, the countryside and open spaces;

(b)open-air recreation; and

(c)the study, understanding and enjoyment of the natural environment.

(2) The duty in paragraph (1) does not apply to the Body's pollution control functions.

(3) In exercising its pollution control functions, the Body must have regard to the desirability of maintaining the availability to the public of existing opportunities of the kinds mentioned in paragraph (1).

(4) Section 2 of the Countryside Act 1968 makes further provision about the Body's duties relating to facilities for the enjoyment of the countryside, the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside, and public access to the countryside for recreation.]

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