C1Part III National Parks
Functions of National Park authorities
66AF1National Park Management Plans (England): further provision
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—
a
requiring a National Park Management Plan for a park in England to contribute to the meeting of any target set under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Environment Act 2021;
b
setting out how such a Management Plan must contribute to the meeting of such targets;
c
setting out how such a Management Plan must further the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
2
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—
a
requiring a relevant authority other than a devolved Welsh authority to contribute to the preparation, implementation or review of a National Park Management Plan for a park in England;
b
setting out how such a relevant authority may or must do so.
3
In this section—
“devolved Welsh authority” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006 (see, in particular, section 157A of that Act);
“relevant authority” has the same meaning as in section 11A of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
Pt. 3: power to amend conferred (26.12.2023) by Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 132, 255(3)(a) (with s. 247)