The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013

Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

373.—(1) Section 42 is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in the opening words, for “for his approval, a new Agency” substitute “or the Welsh Ministers for approval, a charging authority”;

(b) in paragraph (b), at the end insert “or, as the case may be, the Welsh Ministers”.

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) in the opening words—

(i) for “for his” substitute “or the Welsh Ministers for”;

(ii) after “he” insert “or they”;

(b) in paragraph (a), after “him” insert “or them”.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) in the opening words, for “new Agency”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “charging authority”;

(b) in the closing words, after “Secretary of State” insert “or, as the case may be, the Welsh Ministers”.

(5) In subsection (4)—

(a) in the opening words—

(i) after “considers” insert “or which the Welsh Ministers consider”;

(ii) for “new Agency's” substitute “charging authority's”;

(iii) after “Secretary of State”, in the second place where it occurs, insert “or the Welsh Ministers”;

(b) in paragraph (a)—

(i) for “new Agency's” substitute “charging authority's”;

(ii) after “below” insert “or (in the case of the Natural Resources Body for Wales) under article 13 of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1903)”;

(c) in paragraph (b), for “new Agency” substitute “charging authority”.

(6) In subsection (5)—

(a) after “Secretary of State” insert “or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be)”;

(b) for “the Agency's” substitute “an appropriate agency's”;

(c) for “Agency” substitute “appropriate agency”;

(d) after “section 6(2)” insert “or (2A)”.

(7) In subsection (6)—

(a) after “Secretary of State”, in the first place where it occurs, insert “or the Welsh Ministers”;

(b) for “new Agency” substitute “charging authority”.

(8) In subsections (8) and (9), for “new Agency”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “charging authority”.

(9) In subsection (11), after “section 41 or 41A” insert “and “charging authority” means the body that makes or proposes to make a charging scheme”.