New Forest National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 421 of 2005).

This Order establishes the New Forest National Park Authority for the Park designated under Part II of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 It specifies the time when the Authority becomes the local planning authority for the Park. In particular, this Order makes provision for the membership of the Authority, meetings and proceedings of the Authority, reports, returns and accounts, staff, etc. The Authority becomes, for most purposes, the sole local planning authority for the Park. Also on this date, in consequence of sections 68 to 70 of the Environment Act 1995 the Authority takes on various other statutory functions including planning authority functions under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, the Countryside Act 1968 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.