Schedule 1: The Office for Environmental Protection
This Schedule sets out further information on the composition of the OEP, established as a statutory corporation and due to be classified as a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), and prescribes how it is to operate. The provisions in this schedule relate to ministerial oversight; the body’s operational independence from the government; and the need for transparency and accountability in the body’s exercise of its statutory powers and functions.