Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about bodies concerned with the natural environment and rural communities; to make provision in connection with wildlife, sites of special scientific interest, National Parks and the Broads; to amend the law relating to rights of way; to make provision as to the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council; to provide for flexible administrative arrangements in connection with functions relating to the environment and rural affairs and certain other functions; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2006 c 16
Dates
Royal assent	30 March 2006
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c 16), also referred to as the NERC Act (2006), is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In a reorganisation of public bodies involved in rural policy and delivery, the measures dissolved English Nature, the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service, and established Natural England.