Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026 / Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Egwyddorion, Llywodraethiant a Thargedau Bioamrywiaeth) (Cymru) 2026
Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026 / Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Egwyddorion, Llywodraethiant a Thargedau Bioamrywiaeth) (Cymru) 2026 (2026 c. 4)
- Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026 / Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Egwyddorion, Llywodraethiant a Thargedau Bioamrywiaeth) (Cymru) 2026 (2026 c. 4)
- PART 1 ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVE AND PRINCIPLES
- 1 Environmental objective
- 2 Environmental principles
- 3 Welsh Ministers’ duties when making policy
- 4 Natural Resources Wales’ duties when making policy
- 5 Environmental assessments: public authorities’ duties
- 6 Environmental principles and integrating environmental protection statement
- 7 Environmental principles and integrating environmental protection statement: procedural requirements
- PART 2 THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE WALES
- The Office of Environmental Governance Wales
- 8 Establishment of the Office of Environmental Governance Wales
- 9 Independence of the OEGW
- 10 General purpose etc.
- 11 Duty to prepare and publish strategy
- Monitoring, reporting and advising functions
- 12 Monitoring and reporting
- 13 Advising the Welsh Ministers
- 14 Advice, guidance and assistance on environmental law
- Information notices
- 15 Information notices
- Representations
- 16 Representations
- Investigations
- 17 Investigations
- Compliance notices
- 18 Compliance notices
- 19 Urgent compliance notices
- 20 OEGW’s review of compliance notices
- 21 High Court review after failure to take specified action
- Improvement reports and improvement plans
- 22 Improvement reports
- 23 Improvement reports: content
- 24 Improvement plans
- Co-operation duties
- 25 Co-operation duties
- Disclosure of information and confidentiality
- 26 Disclosure of information to the OEGW
- 27 Confidentiality requirements: the OEGW
- 28 Confidentiality requirements: public authorities
- 29 Application of Environmental Information Regulations 2004
- Staff transfer schemes
- 30 Staff transfer schemes
- Interpretation
- 31 Meaning of “environmental law”
- 32 Meaning of “public authority”
- 33 Meaning of “effectiveness of environmental law”
- 34 Meaning of “failing to comply with environmental law”
- PART 3 BIODIVERSITY TARGETS, ETC.
- 35 Biodiversity targets
- 36 Public authorities’ duties
- 37 Welsh Ministers’ plans under section 6 of the Environment Act
- 38 Reports under section 6 of the Environment Act
- 39 Evaluation report
- 40 Promoting awareness of biodiversity
- PART 4 GENERAL
- 41 Power to make consequential etc. provision
- 42 Regulations
- 43 Service of notices and other documents
- 44 General interpretation
- 45 Consequential amendments
- 46 Coming into force
- 47 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE WALES
- PART 1 STATUS
- Status
- PART 2 MEMBERSHIP
- Members
- Disqualification
- Terms of non-executive members
- Removal etc. of non-executive members
- PART 3 STAFF
- Chief executive
- Other staff
- PART 4 APPOINTMENT REQUIREMENTS
- Appointment requirements
- Disapplication of appointment requirements: interim members
- PART 5 COMMITTEES AND DELEGATION
- Review committee
- Other committees and sub-committees
- Joint committees
- Delegation
- PART 6 PROCEDURE ETC.
- Procedure
- Validity of proceedings and acts
- PART 7 FINANCIAL MATTERS
- Funding
- Accounting officer
- Accounts
- Audit
- Examination into use of resources
- PART 8 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
- Annual report
- PART 9 SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
- Register of interests
- Supplementary powers
- SCHEDULE 2 THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE WALES: STRATEGY
- Content
- Procedural requirements
- SCHEDULE 3 STAFF TRANSFER SCHEMES
- Power to make staff transfer schemes
- Modification of staff transfer schemes
- Duty to lay staff transfer schemes before Senedd Cymru
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 4 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
- Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1)
- Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 7)
- Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)
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