What UK Environment Act 1995 (c.25): The Environment Agency, Contaminated Land and National Air Quality Strategy requires
The Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) established the Environment Agency for England and Wales and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, set the Agency's principal aim and objectives, and introduced the statutory regimes for contaminated land and local air quality management, administered by the environment agencies and local authorities. Section 1 establishes the Environment Agency as a body corporate. Section 2 transfers to the Agency the pollution control, water management, waste regulation, and other environmental functions previously held by the National Rivers Authority, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution, and waste regulation authorities. Section 4 sets the Agency's principal aim of protecting or enhancing the environment so as to contribute towards the objective of achieving sustainable development, and its objectives. Section 5 confers general functions with respect to pollution control, and section 6 confers general provisions with respect to water, including the conservation and management of water resources. Section 7 imposes general environmental and recreational duties on the Agency and Ministers, requiring them to have regard to conservation, the natural beauty of the countryside, and the protection of flora and fauna. Section 57 inserts the contaminated land regime into the Environmental Protection Act 1990, requiring local authorities to identify and secure the remediation of contaminated land. Section 80 requires the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a national air quality strategy, and section 108 confers powers of entry and investigation on enforcing authorities. The Act is the foundational statute for the modern environmental regulator and the contaminated land and air quality regimes.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: UK Parliament / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) / Environment Agency · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/contents
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- Environment Act 1995, section 1 - the Environment Agency.
- Environment Act 1995, section 2 - transfer of functions to the Agency.
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