7 General environmental and recreational duties
Environment Act 1995 (1995 c 25) | Legislation

7  General environmental and recreational duties

(1)     It shall be the duty of each of the Ministers and of the Agency, in formulating or considering—

(a)     any proposals relating to any functions of the Agency other than its pollution control functions, so far as may be consistent—

(i)     with the purposes of any enactment relating to the functions of the Agency,

(ii)     in the case of each of the Ministers, with the objective of achieving sustainable development,

(iii)     in the case of the Agency, with any guidance under section 4 above,

(iv)     in the case of the Secretary of State, with his duties under section 2 of the Water Industry Act 1991,

so to exercise any power conferred on him or it with respect to the proposals as to further the conservation and enhancement of natural beauty and the conservation of flora, fauna and geological or physiographical features of special interest;

(b)     any proposals relating to pollution control functions of the Agency, to have regard to the desirability of conserving and enhancing natural beauty and of conserving

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