Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

[^key-c377dfd1b173d93d1ab36eee0f349691]: Words in s. 40(2) substituted (1.1.2023) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 102(4), 147(3) (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/1266, reg. 2(a)

[^key-facaa30ec965307b08bcedda02707dda]: S. 40(2A)-(2D) inserted (1.1.2023) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 102(5), 147(3) (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/1266, reg. 2(a)

[^key-590e0ff441a8cebfd5056efc2545fe52]: S. 40(3) substituted (1.1.2023) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 102(6), 147(3) (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/1266, reg. 2(a)

[^key-7a440573864a0ab514fb566839d6bb72]: S. 40(6)(7) inserted (1.1.2023) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 102(7), 147(3) (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/1266, reg. 2(a)

[^key-9594f74a2915cce810eb1560e5994a68]: Words in s. 41(1) inserted (1.1.2023) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 102(8)(a), 147(3) (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/1266, reg. 2(a)

[^key-af4679dc5745d52b14fe97b58474524b]: Words in s. 41(3) substituted (1.1.2023) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 102(8)(b), 147(3) (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/1266, reg. 2(a)

[^key-3129e59bc00d44d55f8a2072f19627b5]: Words in s. 98(1) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(f) (with art. 17)

[^key-d9f0d2e8dae5e809e70091d4ed2a8008]: Words in s. 98(5) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(f) (with art. 17)

[^key-595bbdfacae6a0b83296c8a664f36300]: Words in s. 98(5A) inserted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(4)(b) (with art. 17)

[^key-6aab9b51499330b21cb9cbdfb26bb3eb]: Words in s. 98(5)(b) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(4)(a) (with art. 17)

[^key-d54c91be840a2cb157ccf29f0b02e812]: Words in s. 78(1) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(a) (with art. 17)

[^key-c45c2985b0dee10145c91b2bc986df9f]: Words in s. 86(2) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(e) (with art. 17)

[^key-4a7aa535b485b1094d6085866e2313ef]: Words in s. 86(2A) inserted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(3)(b) (with art. 17)

[^key-275d78058aab58d1efd1379566a6928f]: Words in s. 86(2)(b) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(3)(a) (with art. 17)

[^key-2b3d8e06cd11470aeb3245fb34e7b34f]: Words in s. 82(a) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(d) (with art. 17)

[^key-b57d4535f944d1544a88db5602c660eb]: Words in s. 82(b) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(d) (with art. 17)

[^key-38a9ed1f61291c7d2354700353050e2f]: Words in s. 79(1) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(b) (with art. 17)

[^key-ef3ea88528f35c1f2137660aa5512fef]: Words in s. 80(3) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(c) (with art. 17)

[^key-610fa9d2cae692184739f5d0315ec5b1]: Words in s. 40(5) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Energy Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/706), regs. 1(1), 19; S.I. 2024/957, reg. 2(a)

General purpose

Experimental schemes

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Biodiversity lists and action (England)

Codes of practice in connection with invasive non-native species

Offences in connection with SSSIs

Effect of failure to serve certain notices in connection with SSSIs

Notices and signs relating to SSSIs

Procedure for orders designating National Parks

Members of National Park authorities

Notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath in National Parks

Ending of certain existing unrecorded public rights of way

Ending of certain existing unrecorded public rights of way

Supplementary

Traffic regulation on byways etc. in National Parks

Agreement between designated bodies

Agreement between designated bodies

Maximum duration of agreement

Abolition of certain agricultural etc. committees

Abolition of certain agricultural etc. committees

1A

An inshore fisheries and conservation authority for a district established under section 149 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

Byelaws relating to land drainage

Wales

Biodiversity lists and action (England)

Codes of practice in connection with invasive non-native species

Offences in connection with SSSIs

Effect of failure to serve certain notices in connection with SSSIs

Notices and signs relating to SSSIs

Criteria for designating National Parks

Members of National Park authorities

Expenditure by National Parks authorities

Restriction on creation of new public rights of way

Presumed dedication and applications under section 53(5) of the 1981 Act

Constitution of Council

Natural beauty in the countryside

Crown land

Permissible purposes of boards

Byelaws relating to land drainage

Wales

Wales

89A

• (1) Where the Secretary of State makes or has made an order under section 87(1)(a) establishing a body, the functions that may be assigned to the body under section 87(1)(b) by the Secretary of State include functions that are exercisable in relation to England, Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland and relate to—

• (a) collecting, managing and making available information regarding the identification, movement and health of animals, or

• (b) the means of identifying animals.

• (2) An order of the Secretary of State assigning functions under section 87(1)(b) by virtue of subsection (1) may only be made with the approval of—

• (a) the Welsh Ministers, if the functions are exercisable in relation to Wales,

• (b) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, if the functions are exercisable in relation to Northern Ireland, and

• (c) the Scottish Ministers, if the functions are exercisable in relation to Scotland.

• (3) Provision made by virtue of subsection (1) may not require or authorise the disclosure or use of information in contravention of the data protection legislation (within the meaning of section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018).

• (4) In this section “animals” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of section 8 of the Animal Health Act 1981.

16A

The Marine Management Organisation.

40A

• (1) This section applies to—

• (a) a local authority in England other than a parish council,

• (b) a local planning authority in England, and

• (c) a designated authority (see subsection (8)(a)).

• (2) A public authority to which this section applies (“the authority”) must publish biodiversity reports in accordance with this section.

• (3) A biodiversity report so published must contain—

• (a) a summary of the action which the authority has taken over the period covered by the report for the purpose of complying with its duties under section 40(1) and (1A),

• (b) a summary of the authority’s plans for complying with those duties over the period of five years following the period covered by the report,

• (c) any quantitative data required to be included in the report by regulations under subsection (8)(b), and

• (d) any other information that the authority considers it appropriate to include in the report.

• (4) If the authority is a local planning authority, its biodiversity report must also contain—

• (a) a summary of the action taken by the authority in carrying out its functions under Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (biodiversity gain as condition of planning permission) over the period covered by the report,

• (b) information about any biodiversity gains resulting or expected to result from biodiversity gain plans approved by the authority during that period, and

• (c) a summary of the authority’s plans for carrying out those functions over the five year period following the period covered by the report.

• (5) A biodiversity report—

• (a) must specify the period covered by the report, and

• (b) must be published within the period of 12 weeks following the last day of that period.

• (6) The authority’s first biodiversity report must cover a period chosen by the authority which—

• (a) is no longer than three years, and

• (b) begins with the day on which the authority first becomes subject to the duty under subsection (2).

• (7) A subsequent biodiversity report made by the authority must cover a period chosen by the authority which—

• (a) is no longer than five years, and

• (b) begins with the day after the last day of the period covered by its most recent biodiversity report.

• (8) The Secretary of State may by regulations—

• (a) provide for specified public authorities, or public authorities of a specified description, to be designated authorities for the purposes of this section;

• (b) require biodiversity reports to include specified quantitative data relating to biodiversity in any area of land in England in relation to which the authority exercises any functions.

In this subsection “specified” means specified in the regulations.

• (9) Public authorities with no functions exercisable in relation to England may not be designated under subsection (8)(a).

• (10) The power to make regulations under subsection (8) is exercisable by statutory instrument.

• (11) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (8) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

• (12) Terms used in this section and section 40 have the same meaning as in that section.

Registration etc. of certain captive birds

Offences in connection with SSSIs

Denotification

Notices and signs relating to SSSIs

Procedure for orders designating National Parks

Members of National Park authorities

Notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath in National Parks

Emergency financial assistance

Supplementary

Traffic regulation on byways etc. in National Parks

Permissible purposes of boards

Byelaws relating to land drainage

Abolition of certain agricultural etc. committees