SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11 U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1 U.K. General

Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) U.K.

120 (1) Amend section 131 (nature conservation functions: preliminary) as follows. U.K.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) For the purpose of nature conservation and fostering the understanding of nature conservation, the Council shall have the functions conferred on them by this Part and Part 2 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.”

(3) In subsections (2) and (3), for “the Councils” substitute “ the Council ”.

(4) For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) The National Assembly for Wales may give the Council general or specific directions with regard to the discharge of any of their nature conservation functions under this Part.”

(5) Omit subsection (5).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 11 para. 120 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)