(1)Section 1 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16) (constitution of Natural England) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) (area in which functions exercisable) after “in relation to England” insert “(including, where the context requires, the territorial sea adjacent to England)”.
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)An order or Order in Council made—
(a)under section 158(3) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 for the purposes of determining which waters are treated as being adjacent to Wales, or
(b)under section 126(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 for the purposes of determining which waters are treated as being adjacent to Scotland,
applies for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of the Act under which it is made.”.