Paragraph 5

For the purpose of amending or revoking any agreement entered into by the Countryside Agency, or any predecessor of the Countryside Agency, under section 39 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981^f1, Natural England is to be treated as having such powers under that section in relation to England as the Countryside Council for Wales has in relation to Wales.

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f1: 1981 c.69. Section 39 was amended by the Local Government Act 1985(c.51), section 7 and Schedule 3, paragraph 7, and section 102(2) and Schedule 17, the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c.4), section 2(5) and Schedule 3, Part 1, paragraph 31(2), the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), section 120 and Schedule 24, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37), sections 96 and 102 and Schedule 16, Part IV; it is further amended by the commencement by this Order of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16), section 105(1) and Schedule 11, paragraph 87.