Section 65A: English National Park authorities: general powers

Environment Act 1995 · 1995 c. 25View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: National Parks

An English National Park authority may do—

anything it considers appropriate for the purposes of the carrying out of any of its functions (its "functional purposes"),
anything it considers appropriate for purposes incidental (whether directly or indirectly) to its functional purposes,
anything it considers to be connected with—
any of its functions, or
anything it may do under paragraph (a) or (b), and
for a commercial purpose, anything which it may do under any of paragraphs (a) to (c) otherwise than for a commercial purpose.

Where subsection (1) confers power on an English National Park authority to do something, it confers power (subject to section 65B) to do it anywhere in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

Power conferred on an English National Park authority by subsection (1) is in addition to, and is not limited by, the other powers of the authority.

In this section, and in sections 65B and 65C, "English National Park authority" means a National Park authority for a National Park in England.

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