Environment (Wales) Act 2016
A
Government Bill, introduced by Carl
Sargeant AM, Minister for Natural Resources. The Business Committee
has remitted the Bill to the Environment and Sustainability Committee.
About the Bill
The
Bill includes provision for:
- planning
and managing Wales’ natural resources at a national and local level;
- providing
Natural Resources Wales with a general purpose linked to statutory
‘principles of sustainable management of natural resources’ defined within
the Bill;
- enhancing
the powers available to NRW to undertake land management agreements and
experimental schemes;
- providing a
requirement for public authorities to maintain and enhance biodiversity;
- creating a
statutory framework for action on climate change including targets for
reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses;
- reforming
the law on charges for carrier bags;
- providing
powers to Welsh Ministers in relation to waste recycling (including the
separate collection of waste); food waste treatment and energy recovery in
business.
- making
provision about several and regulated orders for fisheries for shellfish;
- fees for
marine licences;
- establishing
a Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee; and
- changes to the law on land drainage and bylaws made by NRW.
Current Stage
The
Environment (Wales) Act 2016
(external website) became law in Wales on 21
March 2016 (external website).
Record of Passage in the
National Assembly for Wales
The
following table sets out the dates for each stage of the Bill’s passage through
the National Assembly for Wales.
Contact information
Clerk:
Alun Davidson
Phone: 0300 200 6339
Postal address:
National
Assembly for Wales
Cardiff
Bay
Cardiff
CF99
1NA
Email:
SeneddEnv@Assembly.Wales
Type: For information
First published: 17/04/2015
Documents
- Policy Intent Statement
PDF 145 KB
- Letter to the Minister for Natural Resources - 16 July 2015
PDF 232 KB
- Summary of Survey Responses
PDF 539 KB
- Environment (Wales) Bill - Infographic
PDF 2 MB
- Response from the Minister for Natural Resources - 3 September 2015
PDF 1004 KB
- Letter to the Minister Natural Resources - 28 September 2015
PDF 256 KB View as HTML (6) 17 KB
- Response from the Minister for Natural Resources - 29 September 2015
PDF 456 KB
- Stage 1 Committee Report
PDF 1007 KB
- Notice of Amendments: 21 October 2015
PDF 75 KB
- Welsh Government - Purpose and Effect Table: 21 October 2015
PDF 190 KB
- Letter to Chair of Finance Committee from Minister for Natural Resources - 28 July 2015
PDF 401 KB
- Finance Committee Report on the Environment (Wales) Bill - September 2015
- Minister for Natural Resources: Response to Stage 1 Report
PDF 753 KB
- Notice of Amendments: 11 November 2015
PDF 62 KB
- Notice of Amendments: 16 November 2015
PDF 89 KB
- Notice of Amendments: 17 November 2015
PDF 105 KB
- Welsh Government – Purpose and Effect table: 18 November 2015
PDF 314 KB
- Notice of Amendments: 19 November 2015
PDF 123 KB
- Marshalled List of Amendments
PDF 209 KB
- Groupings of Amendments
PDF 68 KB
- Environment (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 2
PDF 350 KB
- Minister for Natural Resources: Further Information - 10 December 2015
PDF 179 KB
- Notice of amendments: 15 January 2016 v2
PDF 101 KB
- Welsh Government - Purpose and effect table: 15 January 2016
PDF 258 KB
- Revised Explanatory Memorandum
PDF 3 MB
- Notice of Amendments: 19 January 2016
PDF 116 KB
- Marshalled list of Amendments - Stage 3
PDF 146 KB
- Groupings of amendments: 26 January 2016
PDF 67 KB
- Environment (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 3
PDF 311 KB
- Environment (Wales) Bill, as passed
PDF 351 KB
- Environment (Wales) Bill, as passed (Crown XML) XML 317 KB
- Intimation period response - Attorney General
PDF 203 KB
- Intimation period response - Counsel General
PDF 177 KB
- Intimation period response - Secretary of State
PDF 432 KB
Consultations