The Environment Act (Commencement No. 6 and Repeal Provisions) Order 1996
This Order is connected with the establishment in Wales, on 23rd November 1995, by virtue of the National Park Authorities (Wales) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2803), and in England, on 1st October 1996, by virtue of the National Park Authorities (England) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1243), of new National Park authorities under Part III of the Environment Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”). Each new Welsh National Park Authority became the sole local planning authority for the area of its Park on 1st April 1996. Each new English National Park Authority becomes, with certain exceptions, the sole local planning authority for the area of its Park on 1st April 1997.