SCHEDULE 2ACTS OF PARLIAMENT

PART 1 Public General Acts

297

1

Section 186 is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), at the appropriate place insert—

relevant transferred functions” means any functions which—

a

were exercisable by the Agency before 1 April 2013, and

b

are functions of the NRBW by virtue of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013,

but this is subject to subsection (1A).

3

After subsection (1) insert—

1A

For the purposes of the definition of “relevant transferred functions”—

a

a function of the Agency was exercisable before 1 April 2013 whether or not the enactment conferring it had come into force before that date, but

b

a function is only a relevant transferred function when the enactment conferring the Agency function transferred to or conferred on the NRBW has come into force.

4

In subsection (3), after “the Agency” insert “ or on the NRBW ”.