Environment Act 1995
(Redirected from Environment Act (Commencement No. 6 and Repeal Provisions) Order 1996)
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| Long title | An Act to provide for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Environment Agency and a body corporate to be known as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; to provide for the transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities to those bodies and for the conferring of other functions on them; to make provision with respect to contaminated land and abandoned mines; to make further provision in relation to National Parks; to make further provision for the control of pollution, the conservation of natural resources and the conservation or enhancement of the environment; to make provision for imposing obligations on certain persons in respect of certain products or materials; to make provision in relation to fisheries; to make provision for certain enactments to bind the Crown; to make provision with respect to the application of certain enactments in relation to the Isles of Scilly; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 1995 c. 25 |
| Introduced by | John Gummer[citation needed] |
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| Royal assent | 19 July 1995 |
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), passed under the ministerial tutelage of John Gummer, is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which created a number of new agencies and set new standards for environmental management.
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[edit]- Text of the Environment Act 1995 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
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