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The memorandum sets out the legislative competence, purpose, intended effect, and consultation, and explains how the Bill strengthens responses to climate and nature emergencies. 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Description Page 5  \n2. Legislative Competence Page 9  \n3. Purpose and intended effect of the legislation Page 10  \n4. Consultation Page 127  \n5. Power to make subordinate legislation Page 136  \nPART 2 – REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT  \n6. Regulatory Impact Assessment summary Page 143  \n7. Options Page 148  \n8. Costs and benefits Page 199  \n9. Impact Assessments Page 226  \n10.Affordability Assessment Page 239  \n11. Post implementation review Page 243  \nANNEX 1 – Explanatory Notes Page 246  \nANNEX 2 – Index of Standing Orders Page 281  \nANNEX 3 – Schedule of Amendments Page 285  \nGlossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations  \n2016 Act Environment (Wales) Act 2016  \nAgriculture Act The Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023  \nAONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty  \nBAU Business As Usual  \nCaDW  \nCBA Cost Benefit Analysis  \nCCEI Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure  \nCommittee  \nCJEU European Court of Justice  \nCOP15 Convention on Biological Diversity  \nEIA Environmental Impact Assessment  \nEC European Commission  \nEMFF European Maritime Fisheries Fund  \nEIR Environmental Information Regulations  \nESS Environmental Standards Scotland  \nEU European Union  \nFTE Full Time Equivalent  \nFUW Farmers Union of Wales  \nGBF Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework  \nGDP Gross Domestic Product  \nGDPR General Data Protection Regulations  \nGoWA Government of Wales Act 2006 (amended by the Wales  \nAct 2017)  \nICO Information Commissioner's Office  \nIIA Integrated Impact Assessments  \nIEPAW Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales  \nIUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature  \nJR Judicial Review  \nJSII Justice System Impact Identification  \nJNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee  \nKAS Knowledge and Analytical Services  \nMoJ Ministry of Justice  \nNRAP Nature Recovery Action Plan  \nNNRP National Natural Resources Policy  \nNPV Net Present Value  \nNRW Natural Resources Wales  \nOEGW Office of Environmental Governance Wales  \nOfWat The Water Services Regulation Authority  \nOEP Office for Environmental Protection  \nPfG Programme for Government (commitment)  \nRIA Regulatory Impact Assessment  \nRSPB Royal Society for Protection of Birds  \nSEA Strategic environmental assessment  \nSLM Sustainable Land Management  \nSMNR Sustainable Management of Natural Resources  \nSoNaRR State of Natural Resources Report  \nSSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest  \nTCA UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement  \nTEU Treaty on European Union  \nTFEU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union  \nUKBI UK Biodiversity Indicators  \nUK United Kingdom  \nUN United Nations  \nWFG Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015  \nWG Welsh Government  \nWWF Worldwide Wildlife Fund (for nature)  \nPART 1 – EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM  \n1. Description  \n1.1. The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets)(Wales) Bill (“the Bill”) supports the commitment in the Programme for Government  to “work towards the establishment of an Environmental Governance Body, a statutory duty and targets to protect and restore biodiversity”. The impa","cbCaicqzRSM2Vzp5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicqzRSM2Vzp5","pdf",2342997,298,"English","# Part 1 – Explanatory Memorandum\n## 1. Description\n## 2. Legislative Competence\n## 3. Purpose and intended effect of the legislation\n## 4. Consultation\n## 5. Power to make subordinate legislation\n# Part 2 – Regulatory Impact Assessment\n## 6. Regulatory Impact Assessment summary\n## 7. Options\n## 8. Costs and benefits\n## 9. Impact Assessments\n## 10. Affordability Assessment\n## 11. Post implementation review\n# Annexes\n## Annex 1 – Explanatory Notes\n## Annex 2 – Index of Standing Orders\n## Annex 3 – Schedule of Amendments","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill?\",\"answer\":\"The Bill supports commitments in the Programme for Government and aims to strengthen responses to climate and nature emergencies by setting environmental principles, an environmental objective, and biodiversity target-setting arrangements.\"},{\"question\":\"Which bodies are required to apply environmental principles and integrate environmental protection?\",\"answer\":\"The Welsh Ministers and Natural Resources Wales must apply the principles when making policy, and certain public authorities must integrate environmental protection when carrying out strategic environmental assessment.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the Office of Environmental Governance Wales responsible for?\",\"answer\":\"The Bill establishes the Office of Environmental Governance Wales to provide independent strategic oversight and ensure public authorities comply with their duties under environmental law in Wales.\"}]","Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill - Explanatory Memorandum | PDF",751]