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Public Bodies Act 2011

Public Bodies Act 2011 s 13

s 13 Powers relating to environmental bodies

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by order modify— (a) the functions of the Countryside Council for Wales (“the CCW”), (b) the Welsh devolved functions of the Environment Agency, or (c) the Welsh devolved functions of the Forestry Commissioners, ... (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The Welsh Ministers may by order transfer any function of the CCW to— (a) a new body, (b) the Welsh Ministers, (c) the Environment Agency or the Forestry Commissioners, or (d) any other person exercising Welsh devolved functions. (3) The Welsh Ministers may by order transfer any Welsh devolved function of the Environment Agency or the Forestry Commissioners to— (a) a new body, (b) the Welsh Ministers, (c) the CCW, or (d) any other person exercising Welsh devolved functions. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) The Welsh Ministers may by order transfer any function of theirs relating to the environment to— (a) a new body, (b) the CCW, or (c) the Environment Agency or the Forestry Commissioners. (6) The Welsh Ministers may by order transfer any Welsh environmental function from the person whose function it is to— (a) a new body, (b) the CCW, or (c) the Environment Agency or the Forestry Commissioners. (7) The Welsh Ministers may by order establish a body corporate for the purposes of this section; and in this section references to a “new body” are to any body so established. (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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