The Act Part 9: Miscellaneous
43.Various Acts, apart from the Act dealing with the designation of National Parks, refer to areas of natural beauty. Section 99 clarifies what may be taken to contribute to natural beauty for the purposes of such references. This section was included in this Act as part of the response to the Meyrick case mentioned above.
44.Section 100 amends byelaw-making powers relating to flood defence and the drainage system more generally, so that they can take environmental matters into account.
45.Section 101 provides for the abolition of certain defunct statutory committees.