# Environment (Wales) Act 2016, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to promote sustainable management of natural resources; to provide for targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; to reform the law on charges for carrier bags; to provide for the separate collection of waste, prohibit disposal of food waste to sewers and provide for prohibiting or regulating disposal of waste by incineration; to make provision about several and regulated fisheries for shellfish; to make provision about fees for marine licences; to establish the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee; and to make minor changes to the law about land drainage and byelaws made by the Natural Resources Body for Wales.
[21 March 2016]
Having been passed by the National Assembly for Wales and having received the assent of Her Majesty, it is enacted as follows:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/introduction
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