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Objectives 14 to 18 of the NALG Work Programme cover Legislation.
Our current focus is on the improvement
of legislation to enable authorites to more easily tackle persistant
and point source inputs. Through our collective voice NALG has brought aquatic litter to government attention. Specifically we highlighted, directly to the Minister for the Environment and DEFRA the need for the consultation to consider addressing options for extending the litter duty to include aquatic environments. |
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DEFRA
are currently leading a government review called
Living Places - Powers, Rights, Responsibilities,
which is looking at options for reforming legislative responsibilities. The NALG is currently compiling a response to the aquatic litter component of Living Places a copy of which will be available through this page in late January. Following the highlighting, by NALG of the issue of responsibility for litter duties around aquatic environments, Section R9 of the consultation document focusses on 'Extend the Litter Duty to Aquatic Environments'. It gives two options: Option a) 'Legislative controls to address litter in areas not covered by Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (in particular, on beaches, rivers and canals) are inadequate fo dealing with unacceptable accumulations of litter that are detrimental to the quality of water environments and a potential hazardous to wildlife.' Option b) 'For the relevant public bodies to develop a voluntary agreements and associated codes of practice with local authorities and other partners for controlling the amount of itter in their specific water bodies'. For the full content of the documents use the links on the right to visit the DEFRA & ODPM websites. |
 members of the NALG Management Group with the Minister for the Environment, Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP |
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Useful links: View
the whole consultation at the DEFRA website: View
the supporting strategy document at the website for the Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister: |
