Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Broads Authority is the agency which has statutory responsibility for The Broads National Park. Originally, the (then) Nature Conservancy Council (now English Nature), pressed for a special authority to manage the Broads which had been neglected for a long time. In 1978, the forerunner to the present-day Broads Authority was established by the {then} Countryside Commission (now the Countryside Agency). Ten years later, it had become clear that a statutory body was needed, and a special Act of Parliament, The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act of 1988 (referred to as the Broads Act) made the Broads Authority into a Special Statutory Authority which gave it parity with National Park authorities. The Broads Authority has to: conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the Broads promote the enjoyment of the Broads by the public protect the interest of navigation have regard for agriculture and forestry have regard for the economic and social interests of those who live or work in the Broads. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.