Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (2006 c. 16)
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (2006 c. 16)
- Part 1 Natural England and the Commission for Rural Communities
- Chapter 1 Natural England
- Constitution and general purpose
- 1 Constitution
- 2 General purpose
- Advisory functions
- 3 Review and research
- 4 Advice
- 4A Supplementary provision
- General implementation powers
- 5 Carrying out proposals etc.
- 6 Financial and other assistance
- 7 Management agreements
- 8 Experimental schemes
- Other functions
- 9 Information services etc.
- 10 Consultancy services and training
- 11 Power to charge for services and licences
- 12 Power to bring criminal proceedings
- 13 Incidental powers
- Powers of Secretary of State
- 14 Grants
- 15 Guidance
- 16 Directions
- Chapter 2 Commission for Rural Communities
- The Commission and its general purpose
- 17 Commission for Rural Communities
- 18 Commission's general purpose
- Functions
- 19 Representation, advice and monitoring
- 20 Research
- 21 Information services etc.
- 22 Power to charge for services
- 23 Incidental powers
- Powers of Secretary of State
- 24 Grants
- 25 Directions
- Chapter 3 Supplementary
- Transfer schemes etc.
- 26 Transfers on dissolution of English Nature and Countryside Agency
- 27 Continuing powers to make transfer schemes
- 28 Transfer schemes: supplementary
- 29 Interim arrangements
- Interpretation
- 30 Interpretation
- Part 2 Nature conservation in the UK
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee etc.
- 31 Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- 32 UK conservation bodies
- 33 Purpose of functions under this Part
- Coordinated functions
- 34 Functions of national or international significance
- 35 Advice from joint committee to UK conservation body
- 36 GB functions with respect to wildlife
- 37 UK conservation bodies: incidental powers for UK purposes, etc.
- Directions
- 38 Directions
- Interpretation
- 39 Interpretation
- Part 3 Wildlife etc.
- Biodiversity
- 40 Duty to conserve and enhance biodiversity
- 40A Biodiversity reports
- 41 Biodiversity lists and action (England)
- 42 Biodiversity lists and action (Wales)
- Pesticides harmful to wildlife
- 43 Possession of pesticides harmful to wildlife
- 44 Enforcement powers in connection with pesticides
- 45 Codes of practice
- 46 Interpretation
- Protection of birds
- 47 Protection for nests of certain birds which re-use their nests
- 48 Birds released into the wild as part of re-population programme
- 49 Registration etc. of certain captive birds
- Invasive non-native species
- 50 Sale etc. of invasive non-native species
- 51 Codes of practice in connection with invasive non-native species
- Enforcement etc. of provisions relating to wildlife
- 52 Enforcement powers in connection with wildlife
- 53 Wildlife offences: time limits for proceedings
- 54 Application of Part 1 of 1981 Act to Crown
- Part 4 Sites of special scientific interest
- 55 Offences in connection with SSSIs
- 56 Denotification
- 57 Effect of failure to serve certain notices in connection with SSSIs
- 58 Notices and signs relating to SSSIs
- Part 5 National Parks and the Broads
- 59 Criteria for designating National Parks
- 60 Procedure for orders designating National Parks
- 61 Members of National Park authorities
- 62 Expenditure by National Parks authorities
- 63 Notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath in National Parks
- 64 Functions of Broads Authority and others in relation to the Broads
- 65 Emergency financial assistance
- Part 6 Rights of way
- Rights of way and mechanically propelled vehicles
- 66 Restriction on creation of new public rights of way
- 67 Ending of certain existing unrecorded public rights of way
- 68 Presumed dedication of restricted byways and use by pedal cycles etc.
- 69 Presumed dedication and applications under section 53(5) of the 1981 Act
- 70 Supplementary
- 71 Interpretation
- Traffic regulation in National Parks
- 72 Traffic regulation on byways etc. in National Parks
- Part 7 Inland waterways
- 73 Inland Waterways Advisory Council
- 74 Constitution of Council
- 75 Term of office, procedure etc.
- 76 Functions of Council: England and Wales
- 77 Functions of Council: Scotland
- Part 8 Flexible administrative arrangements
- Chapter 1 Agreements with designated bodies
- Powers to enter into agreements
- 78 Agreement between Secretary of State and designated body
- 79 Agreement between designated bodies
- 80 Designated bodies
- 81 Reserved functions
- 82 Maximum duration of agreement
- Supplementary
- 83 Particular powers
- 84 Agreements with local authorities
- 85 Supplementary provisions with respect to agreements
- 86 Interpretation
- Chapter 2 Powers to reform agricultural etc. bodies
- Power to create boards
- 87 Power to establish boards
- 88 Permissible purposes of boards
- 89 Permissible functions of boards
- 89A Identification and traceability of animals
- 90 Ancillary provisions
- Power to dissolve existing levy bodies and boards
- 91 Power to dissolve existing levy bodies
- 92 Power to dissolve board
- 93 Dissolution: supplementary
- Powers of appropriate authority
- 94 Grants
- 95 Directions
- Supplementary
- 96 “The appropriate authority”
- 97 Orders: procedure etc.
- Chapter 3 Financial assistance
- 98 Financial assistance
- Part 9 Miscellaneous
- 99 Natural beauty in the countryside
- 100 Byelaws relating to land drainage
- 101 Abolition of certain agricultural etc. committees
- Part 10 Final provisions
- 102 Crown land
- 103 Wales
- 104 Power to make further provision
- 105 Minor and consequential amendments etc.
- 106 Financial provisions
- 107 Commencement
- 108 Extent
- 109 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Natural England
- Status
- Membership
- Term of office
- Remuneration and pensions etc.
- Staff
- Procedure
- Discharge of functions
- Membership of committees and sub-committees
- Application of seal and proof of documents
- Nature reserves
- Reports, accounts etc.
- SCHEDULE 2 Commission for Rural Communities
- Status
- Membership
- Term of office
- Remuneration and pensions etc.
- Staff
- Procedure
- Discharge of functions
- Membership of committees and sub-committees
- Application of seal and proof of documents
- Reports, accounts etc.
- SCHEDULE 3 Transfer schemes
- Creation and apportionment of property, rights and liabilities etc.
- Employment contracts
- Civil servants treated as employed under a contract of employment etc.
- Compensation
- Continuity
- Incidental provision
- SCHEDULE 4 Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Membership
- Term of office of members appointed by Secretary of State
- Remuneration and allowances etc.
- Staff: general
- Formation of company
- Funding
- Procedure
- Discharge of functions
- Annual reports
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 5 Enforcement powers in connection with wildlife
- Part 1 Amendments of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
- Part 2 Powers of wildlife inspectors extended to certain other Acts
- Introduction
- Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 (c. 12)
- Conservation of Seals Act 1970 (c. 30)
- Deer Act 1991 (c. 54)
- Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c. 51)
- Part 3 Codes of practice
- Part 4 Constable's search warrant power extended to certain other Acts
- SCHEDULE 6 Wildlife offences: time limits for proceedings
- Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 (c. 12)
- Conservation of Seals Act 1970 (c. 30)
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
- Deer Act 1991 (c. 54)
- Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c. 51)
- SCHEDULE 7 Designated bodies
- SCHEDULE 8 Agricultural etc. boards
- Status
- Membership
- Term of office
- Remuneration and pensions
- Staff
- Reports, accounts etc.
- SCHEDULE 9 Functions which may be assigned to boards
- SCHEDULE 10 Ancillary provisions relating to boards
- Acting through subsidiaries
- Registers, returns and other information
- Investigative powers
- Reserve funds etc.
- Levies
- Power to charge for services
- Incidental powers
- Approval of appropriate authority, consultation etc.
- Offences
- SCHEDULE 11 Minor and consequential amendments
- Part 1 General
- Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 (c. 12)
- Hill Farming Act 1946 (c. 73)
- Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947 (c. 40)
- National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)
- Manoeuvres Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. 7)
- Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47)
- Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)
- Cereals Marketing Act 1965 (c. 14)
- Superannuation Act 1965 (c. 74)
- Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c. 38)
- Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
- Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)
- Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
- Conservation of Seals Act 1970 (c. 30)
- Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11)
- Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
- Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
- Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 (c. 27)
- Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)
- Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22)
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
- Derelict Land Act 1982 (c. 42)
- Agricultural Marketing (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1080 (N.I. 12))
- Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983 (c. 29)
- National Heritage Act 1983 (c. 47)
- Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)
- Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (c. 51)
- General Consumer Council (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1822 (N.I. 12))
- Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49)
- Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53)
- Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4)
- Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)
- Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)
- Deer Act 1991 (c. 54)
- Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
- Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
- Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59)
- Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42)
- Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c. 51)
- Agriculture Act 1993 (c. 37)
- Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2665 (N.I. 10))
- Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61)
- Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)
- Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)
- Water Act 2003 (c. 37)
- Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4)
- Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36)
- Part 2 Inland waterways
- SCHEDULE 12 Repeals and revocations
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