Environment (Wales) Act 2016 / Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Cymru) 2016
Environment (Wales) Act 2016 / Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Cymru) 2016 (2016 anaw 3)
- Environment (Wales) Act 2016 / Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Cymru) 2016 (2016 anaw 3)
- PART 1 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
- Introduction
- 1 Purpose of this Part
- 2 Natural resources
- 3 Sustainable management of natural resources
- 4 Principles of sustainable management of natural resources
- General duties of public authorities
- 5 General purpose of Natural Resources Body for Wales
- 6 Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty
- 6A Evaluation of action to maintain and enhance biodiversity
- Biodiversity targets
- 6B Biodiversity targets: general
- 6C Duty to make regulations setting targets: priority areas
- 6D Target-setting process
- 6E Duty to meet targets
- 6F Designation of public authorities for the purpose of section 6(2A)
- 6G Review of targets
- 6H Revoking or lowering targets
- 6I Statement about targets
- Biodiversity lists
- 7 Biodiversity lists and duty to take steps to maintain and enhance biodiversity
- State of natural resources report
- 8 Duty to prepare and publish state of natural resources report
- Duties of the Welsh Ministers
- 8A Duty to promote awareness of biodiversity
- 9 Duty to prepare, publish and implement national natural resources policy
- Area-based implementation of the national policy
- 10 Meaning of public body in sections 11 to 15
- 11 Area statements
- 12 Welsh Ministers' directions to implement area statements
- 13 Guidance about implementing area statements
- 14 Duty of public bodies to provide information or other assistance to NRW
- 15 Duty of NRW to provide information or other assistance to public bodies
- Land management agreements
- 16 Power to enter into land management agreements
- 17 Effect on successors in title of certain land management agreements
- 18 Application of Schedule 2 to the Forestry Act 1967 to land management agreements
- 19 Effect of agreements on dedication of highway and grant of easement
- 20 Transitional provisions
- 21 Crown land
- Experimental schemes
- 22 Power to suspend statutory requirements for experimental schemes
- 23 Power of NRW to conduct experimental schemes etc.
- General
- 24 Power to amend periods for the preparation and publication of documents
- 25 Regulations under this Part
- 26 General interpretation of this Part
- 27 Minor and consequential provision
- PART 2 CLIMATE CHANGE
- Introduction
- 28 Purpose of this Part
- Emissions targets and carbon budgets: main duties of the Welsh Ministers
- 29 The 2050 emissions target
- 30 Interim emissions targets
- 31 Carbon budgets
- 32 Emissions targets and carbon budgets: principles
- Targets and budgets: scope and main concepts
- 33 The net Welsh emissions account
- 34 Net Welsh emissions
- 35 Welsh emissions from international aviation and shipping
- 36 Carbon units
- 37 Greenhouse gases
- 38 The baseline
- Compliance with carbon budgets: reports and statements by the Welsh Ministers
- 39 Proposals and policies for meeting carbon budget
- 40 Carrying amounts from one budgetary period to another
- 41 Final statement for budgetary period
- 42 Proposals and policies where carbon budget not met
- Compliance with emissions targets: statements by the Welsh Ministers
- 43 Statements for interim target years and 2050
- Functions of advisory body: reports and advice
- 44 Advisory body
- 45 Progress reports
- 46 Duty of advisory body to provide advice and assistance
- 47 Guidance to advisory body
- Regulations: procedure and advice
- 48 Regulations: procedure
- 49 Requirement to obtain advice about proposals to make regulations
- 50 Advice about proposed regulations relating to targets and budgets
- Measurement and interpretation
- 51 Measurement of emissions
- 52 International carbon reporting practice
- 53 General interpretation of this Part
- PART 3 CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS
- Regulations about charges for carrier bags
- 54 Meaning of “carrier bag”
- 55 Requirement to charge
- 56 Sellers of goods
- 57 Application of proceeds
- Administration and enforcement
- 58 Administration
- 59 Record-keeping and publication of records
- 60 Enforcement
- 61 Civil sanctions
- General
- 62 Regulations under this Part
- 63 General interpretation of this Part
- 64 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
- PART 4 COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE
- Separate collection etc. of waste
- 65 Requirements relating to separate collection etc. of waste
- Disposal of waste
- 66 Prohibition on disposal of food waste to sewer
- 67 Power to prohibit or regulate disposal of waste by incineration
- Enforcement
- 68 Civil sanctions
- General
- 69 Regulations
- 70 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
- PART 5 FISHERIES FOR SHELLFISH
- Applications for orders relating to fisheries
- 71 Applications for orders relating to fisheries
- Protection of marine environment
- 72 Requirement to include environmental provisions in orders relating to fisheries
- 73 Power to serve notices for protection of European marine sites
- 74 Power to vary or revoke orders to protect European marine sites
- 75 Supplementary provision
- PART 6 MARINE LICENSING
- 76 Advice and assistance in relation to marine licensing
- 77 Fees for monitoring, variation etc. of marine licences
- 78 Further provision about payment of fees
- 79 Appeal against variation etc. of marine licence for non-payment of fee or deposit
- 80 Exceptions from power to delegate licensing authority functions
- PART 7 MISCELLANEOUS
- Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee
- 81 Establishment of Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee
- Land drainage
- 82 Repeal of requirements to publish in local newspapers etc.
- 83 Valuation of non-agricultural land for apportionment of drainage expenses
- 84 Power to make provision for appeals against special levies
- 85 Power of entry: compliance with order for cleansing ditches etc.
- Byelaws
- 86 Byelaws made by the Natural Resources Body for Wales
- PART 8 GENERAL
- 87 Interpretation
- 88 Coming into force
- 89 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS: CIVIL SANCTIONS
- Civil sanctions
- Fixed monetary penalties
- Fixed monetary penalties: procedure
- Discretionary requirements
- Discretionary requirements: procedure
- Discretionary requirements: enforcement
- Combination of sanctions
- Monetary penalties
- Costs recovery
- Appeals
- Publicity for imposition of civil sanctions
- Persons liable to civil sanctions
- Guidance about use of powers to impose civil sanctions and recover costs
- Publication of enforcement action
- Compliance with regulatory principles
- Review
- Suspension
- Payment of penalties into Welsh Consolidated Fund
- Index of defined terms
- SCHEDULE 2 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
- PART 1 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
- National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)
- Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
- Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)
- Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
- Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16)
- Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)
- Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4)
- PART 2 CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS
- Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27)
- Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8)
- PART 3 COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE
- Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)
- Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 (c. 29)
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8)
- PART 4 FLOOD AND COASTAL EROSION COMMITTEE
- Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c. 67)
- Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)
- Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
- Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59)
- Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10)
- Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29)
- Public Bodies Act 2011 (c. 24)
- Water Act 2014 (c. 21)
- PART 5 BYELAWS
- National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)
- Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
- Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (anaw 2)
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