The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013

Title, commencement and extent

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1 April 2013.

(3) An amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Order has the same extent as the provision to which it relates.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1990 Act” (“Deddf 1990”) means the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1);

“the 1995 Act” (“Deddf 1995”) means the Environment Act 1995(2);

“the Body” (“y Corff”) means the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

“the Establishment Order” (“y Gorchymyn Sefydlu”) means the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012(3);

“local enactment” (“deddfiad lleol”) means any local Act or any subordinate legislation made under or by virtue of a local Act.

General functions of the Natural Resources Body for Wales

3.  Schedule 1 contains amendments to the Establishment Order.

Modification and transfer of functions, consequential and other provisions

4.—(1) Schedules 2 and 3 contain amendments to primary legislation which—

(a) modify and transfer to the Body Welsh devolved functions of the Environment Agency;

(b) modify and transfer to the Body and the Welsh Ministers Welsh devolved functions of the Forestry Commissioners;

(c) modify and transfer to the Body functions of the CCW;

(d) transfer to the Body functions of the Welsh Ministers relating to the environment;

(e) make consequential, supplementary and incidental provision.

(2) Schedules 4, 5 and 6 contain amendments to subordinate legislation which—

(a) modify and transfer to the Body Welsh devolved functions of the Environment Agency;

(b) modify and transfer to the Body and the Welsh Ministers Welsh devolved functions of the Forestry Commissioners;

(c) modify and transfer to the Body functions of the CCW;

(d) transfer to the Body functions of the Welsh Ministers relating to the environment;

(e) make consequential, supplementary and incidental provision.

Other modifications of enactments

5.  In any local enactment which is not amended by any other provision of this Order, any reference to the CCW (however expressed), and any reference which is to be read as a reference to the CCW, is to be treated as a reference to the Body.

6.  In any local enactment which is not amended by any other provision of this Order, any reference to the Forestry Commissioners (however expressed), and any reference which is to be read as a reference to the Forestry Commissioners, is to be treated in relation to Wales as a reference to the Body.

7.  In any local enactment which is not amended by any other provision of this Order, other than an enactment relating to navigation, any reference to the Environment Agency (however expressed), and any reference which is to be read as a reference to the Environment Agency, is to be treated in relation to Wales as a reference to the Body.

Abolition of the Countryside Council for Wales

8.—(1) The CCW is abolished.

(2) Accordingly, the following are repealed—

(a) sections 128 to 134 of the 1990 Act(4);

(b) Schedules 6, 8 and 9 to the 1990 Act(5);

(c) Part 1 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949(6).

Abolition of advisory committees

9.—(1) The following are abolished—

(a) the Environment Protection Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 12(6) of the 1995 Act;

(b) the regional and local fisheries advisory committee established pursuant to section 13(5) of the 1995 Act.

(2) Accordingly, the following provisions of the 1995 Act are repealed—

(a) section 12(7);

(b) section 13(8);

(c) Schedule 3;

(d) paragraph 3 of Schedule 23.

Transitional provisions and savings

10.  Schedule 7 contains transitional provisions and savings.

Alun Davies

Minister for Natural Resources and Food, one of the Welsh Ministers

25 March 2013