3. For the purpose of amending or revoking any agreement entered into by English Nature, or any predecessor of English Nature, under section 16 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949(1), Natural England is to be treated as having such powers under that section in relation to England as the Countryside Council for Wales has in relation to Wales.
1949 c.97. Section 16 was amended by the Nature Conservancy Council Act 1973 (c.54), section 1(1)(b) and (7) and Schedule 1, paragraph 1, and the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c.28), section 4(6) and Schedule 2, paragraph 1(3); it is further amended by the commencement by this Order of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16), section 105(1) and Schedule 11, paragraph 14.