Act of the National Assembly for Wales | |
Long title | An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to promote sustainable management of natural resources; to provide for targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; to reform the law on charges for carrier bags; to provide for the separate collection of waste, prohibit disposal of food waste to sewers and provide for prohibiting or regulating disposal of waste by incineration; to make provision about several and regulated fisheries for shellfish; to make provision about fees for marine licences; to establish the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee; and to make minor changes to the law about land drainage and byelaws made by the Natural Resources Body for Wales. |
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Citation | 2016 anaw 3 |
Introduced by | Carl Sargeant |
Territorial extent | Wales |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 21 March 2016 |
Commencement | 21 March 2016 |
Other legislation | |
Relates to | Government of Wales Act 2006 |
Status: Current legislation | |
History of passage through Parliament | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3) (Welsh: Deddf yr Amgylchedd (Cymru) 2016) is an Act of the National Assembly for Wales that was given royal assent on 21 March 2016.[1] It put into place the necessary legislation to enable the planning and management of the natural resources of Wales in a more sustainable, pro-active and joined-up way than was previously possible.[2]