Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)

Part VIIE+W+S Nature Conservation in Great Britain and Countryside Matters in Wales

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. VII (ss. 128-139) applied (S.) (01.04.1992) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1), s. 4(1); S.I. 1991/2633, art.4.

Nature conservation in Great BritainE+W+S

132 General functions of [F1the Council].E+W+S

(1)[F2The Council shall] have the following functions, namely—

(a)such of the functions previously discharged by the Nature Conservancy Council under the Acts amended by Schedule 9 to this Act as are assigned to them in accordance with the amendments effected by that Schedule;

(b)the establishment, maintenance and management of nature reserves (within the meaning of section 15 of the National Parks and Access to the M1Countryside Act 1949) in their area;

(c)the provision of advice for the Secretary of State or any other Minister on the development and implementation of policies for or affecting nature conservation in their area;

(d)the provision of advice and the dissemination of knowledge to any persons about nature conservation in their area or about matters arising from the discharge of their functions under this section or section 134 below;

(e)the commissioning or support (whether by financial means or otherwise) of research which in their opinion is relevant to any of their functions under this section or section 134 below;

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)[F4The Council shall] have power—

(a)to accept any gift or contribution made to them for the purposes of any of the functions conferred on them by subsection (1) above or section 134 below and, subject to the terms of the gift or contribution, to apply it to those purposes;

(b)to initiate and carry out such research directly related to those functions as it is appropriate that they should carry out instead of commissioning or supporting other persons under paragraph (e) of that subsection;

and they may do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to those functions including (without prejudice to the generality of this provision) making charges and holding land or any interest in or right over land.

[F5(2A)The following functions are exercisable in relation to Wales and the Welsh zone—

(a)the functions conferred by paragraphs (c) to (e) of subsection (1);

(b)the functions conferred by subsection (2).

In this subsection “Welsh zone” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006.]

(3)F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 132 heading substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1), 107, Sch. 11 para. 121(5); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2

F2Words in s. 132(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1), 107, Sch. 11 para. 121(2)(a); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2

F3Words in s. 132(1) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105, 107, Sch. 11 para. 121(2)(b), Sch. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2

F4Words in s. 132(2) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1), 107, Sch. 11 para. 121(3); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2

F5S. 132(2A) inserted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 43), ss. 313(3), 324; S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch.

F6S. 132(3) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105, 107, Sch. 11 para. 121(4), Sch. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2