The Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) was established as a division of England's Countryside Agency on 1 April 2005, and became a non-departmental public body on 1 October 2006, following the enactment of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.[1][2] The chairman of the commission was Stuart Burgess.
On 29 June 2010, Defra secretary Caroline Spelman announced the abolition of the Commission as part of the 2010 UK quango reforms.[3] It was formally abolished on 31 March 2013.[4]
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- ^ "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act". Defra. Archived from the original on 16 July 2006.
- ^ "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ Tasker, Johann (29 June 2010). "DEFRA agencies fall victim to budget cuts". Farmers Weekly.
- ^ "Commission for Rural Communities". Defra. 31 January 2013.
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