PART 1SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

State of natural resources report

8Duty to prepare and publish state of natural resources report

1

NRW must prepare and publish reports in accordance with this section containing its assessment of the state of natural resources in relation to Wales.

2

Each report must, among other things, set out—

a

NRW's assessment of the extent to which sustainable management of natural resources is being achieved;

b

NRW's assessment of biodiversity (including the living organisms and types of habitat included in any list published under section 7);

c

what NRW considers to be the main trends and factors that are affecting, and are likely to affect, the state of natural resources;

d

any aspects of the state of natural resources about which NRW considers that it does not have sufficient information to make an assessment.

3

NRW must publish its first report before the end of four months starting with the day this section comes into force.

4

Subsequently, NRW must publish a report before the end of the calendar year preceding a year in which an ordinary general election is due to be held.

5

NRW must publish a draft of each report required by subsection (4) before the end of the calendar year preceding the year in which the report must be published.

6

In this section, “ordinary general election” means the poll held at an ordinary general election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).