# The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 6 and Appointed Day) Order 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
S.I. 1990/2226 brought into force on 5th November 1990, sections 128 to 139 (save for the amendments made by sections 128, 130 and 132) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the Act”) which relate to the creation of new Councils for nature conservation in Great Britain and countryside matters in Wales (the Nature Conservancy Council for England, the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Council for Wales).
This Order brings into force on 1st April 1991 the amendments made by sections 128, 130 and 132 of the Act and the consequential repeals in Part VI of Schedule 16 to the Act in so far as they relate to the Countryside Act 1968 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
This Order appoints (under section 130(4) of the Act) 1st April 1991 as the day on and after which the Countryside Council for Wales and the Countryside Commission shall discharge their respective countryside functions.
This Order also appoints (under section 131(3) of the Act) 1st April 1991 as the day on and after which the new Councils shall discharge their respective nature conservation functions in place of the Nature Conservancy Council established under the Nature Conservancy Council Act 1973 (c. 54).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/685/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990-commencement-no-6-and-appointed-day-order-1991/note
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